Hello,
I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right spot but anyway I have some old DAT decks that haven't worked in years, a Tascam DA 302 dual dat and a Panasonic SV-3800.
I wanted to sell them and was surprised to see non working decks like my Tascam going for $200 on eBay.
I'm just wondering if people are still recording in this format or is this fueled by nostalgia for old formats?
Tom
My guess would be to transfer old tapes. I have a good chunk of tapes to transfer and my DA-P1 needs some repairs, but I'm having a hard time justifying paying to fix it or paying the prices for working unit. Since these are not made any more a working unit is more valuable to someone in need.
I sold my old non-working SONY D3 portable DAT recorder on Ebay a couple years ago and was shocked at how quick it was snatched up. The buyer was from the Philippines.
Also a parts machine . A few yrs ago i bought a hhb pdr 1000 so i'd have a machine for parts in the event one broke paid 150.00 and both still work . A couple dozen dats left to transfer and then? Never know though might run into a batch of dats and need one . Actually the hhb was a top of the line portable back in the day and made fine tapes.
Yeah I'm sure there are plenty of dats still not transferred, I have plenty. I have a Sony ZA5ES that is still working.
The dual dat is what puzzles me.
I'm transferring all my old DATs in order to discard them, and am glad that I had more than one player on hand. Of the two that I assumed would be the most reliable, one (a Sony DTC-75ES -- a full-sized "desktop" unit) crapped out entirely (wouldn't load tapes), while the other one (a Sony TCD-D10 Pro, which cost $2800 in its day if I recall correctly) clearly produces more audible errors than the less imposing, small portables. (That recorder is basically one long story of continuing disappointment.)
If none of these had worked, I would definitely have gone looking for the quickest possible replacement.
I just bought a fostex PD4 from Doug In Seattle, a really nice forum member. I still have lots of transfers to do, the Fostex is prob. the most reliable deck I've used in a while. Between Melanie's DATs and mine it will take a while, I have two other decks I will prob. get fixed, two tascams. Once they are transferred I'll prob. sell all but one Bob
For DAT Transcriptions. Nah, I sure wouldn't want to record on this format anymore.
The DATs are a mess (tape flips) and they are unstable when stored for long periods of time.
I have one more dat tape to transfer and then I'm very willing to sell my sony D8
My Sony DTC-ZE700 has developed a problem and no longer will load tapes. I still have a Denon DTR-80P and a Sony D7 which were both tuned up by Paul @ Pro Digital with basically 0 hours on them since being serviced. I guess the Denon is coming out of retirement for transfers. I still have a bunch of stuff to transfer.
A buddy mentioned to me the other day that Paul passed away recently; anyone have other recommendations for trustworthy DAT repair service?
Quote from: lerond on July 09, 2020, 12:32:42 AM
A buddy mentioned to me the other day that Paul passed away recently; anyone have other recommendations for trustworthy DAT repair service?
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Quote from: old and in the way on July 03, 2020, 04:31:01 PM
Actually the hhb was a top of the line portable back in the day and made fine tapes.
That's the last functioning DAT machine I have left. I think I have some others in the garage somewhere - maybe I should sell them. I have hundreds of DAT tapes of classical concerts I was paid to record, but the chances of anyone now wanting a copy of them is close to zero (and having moved internationally I doubt whether the clients now know where I am).
But I have a memory of the one time I re-used a reel of olde worlde tape, when I realised just before heading off to a recording that I didn't actually have any new ones in stock. Having thus wiped it, the musician involved in the wiped recording from several years before requested a copy a few days later... I forget what lie I told him... since when I have kept every reel of tape, every DAT tape, every minidisc, and every hard drive, and probably would even if I transferred the original material to a newer format. I suspect they will be buried with me when the time comes.