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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: rhinowing on July 21, 2008, 11:50:01 PM
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anyone know what year this deck was released?
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'93
http://www.sonicstudios.com/d8review.htm
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thanks! +t
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'93
http://www.sonicstudios.com/d8review.htm
Nope, Guysonic got this one wrong! ;D
First mention on the DAT-heads list was March 16 1995:
From: John Lillibridge <johnl@bigbird.grdl.noaa.gov>
Subject: Sony D-8 Specifications
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 95 15:13:37 -0500
Hello all,
The rumors of a new edition of the Sony DAT-Walkman are true. While
conferring with the nice folks at the Sony Service Ctr. in Boston, I got some
info. on the D-7's successor: the TCD-D8. The Sony folks faxed me a product
& spec. sheet on the D-8, and I wanted to pass this on to the list.
First, they believe the D-8 will appear in the U.S. sometime in April. I
wasn't able to get any pricing info., but assume it'll be comparable to the
D-7, i.e. ~$500 street price.
The D-8 is VERY similar to the D-7: same case, same size, same weight, uses 4
"AA" cells for 3 or 4 hours of recording (with/without headphones plugged
in), etc. The important KNOWN differences, based on the spec. sheet, are:
1) Analog recording at 48/44.1/32(LP) kHz vs. the D-7's 48/32(LP) kHz.
2) It appears that the D-8 has separate headphone & line out jacks,
whereas the D-7 had a confusing combo. plug for headphones/line out.
(The D-8 & D-7 both have separate mic in & line in jacks).
3) The D-8 comes with a carrying case, cleaning cassette, & 6V-DC
adaptor. The D-7 only came with a carrying case. (This could drive
up the price somewhat).
Remaining questions:
1) Does the mic input still have a lo-cut filter that isn't defeatable?
2) Have they beefed-up the wimpy mic pre-amp?
That's all I know thus far, and would be interested if others have any more
new info. My D-7 is barely 3 months old, has been in for repair twice now,
and is going to be replaced by Sony at this point. So, I'm trying to decide
if I should simply have them substitue a D-8 for my D-7...
Hope you all find this worthwhile,
John Lillibridge
From: http://www.solorb.com/dat-heads/digests/V2.200/D232
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Did a lot of people jump to the D7 from the D8? I didn't and waited for the M1.
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Did a lot of people jump to the D7 from the D8? I didn't and waited for the M1.
I don't know the US situation back then, some of the oldie DAT-heads can probably tell more.
Over in Europe, these machines retailed for $1000 back then, and very few tapers could afford a D7 or D8 in the first place.
I had a D7 as a loaner back in 1994-95, and I didn't see any major reason shelling out money on the D8 when it came, being so similar.
I recall the D7 being a badass battery hog, I don't know if the D8 improved in that aspect.
Maybe for US tapers who were still on analogue, the pricepoint of the D8 was low enough to make a move at the time?!
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I went to DAT in '95 with a D7, think I paid $600+ for it too...I still have the receipt.