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Chris Isbell wrote:
I am actively looking for a replacement for my duff Sony DAT recorder.
Its main use is for time-shifting Radio 3. For this purpose even
three-hour DAT tapes are a bit on the short side for, say, a Mozart
opera with an interval. (Just be thankful that I am not overly keen on
Wagner operas! :-) An uninterrupted recording time of at least four
hours with lossless or no compression is my target. (To my ears, the
32kHz/12-bit LP mode on a DAT sounds poor.)

IMHO for this application, there's nothing to beat DAT at this moment -
or at a sensible cost. Perhaps a secondhand machine might be an option?

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn