DAT-heads Digest #390

Contents:
  Blank CD-R recommendations? ("Neb Rodgers")
  JVC XD-Z505 DAT no sound problem (HWTest)
  USB soundcard (Randy Vogel)


From: "Neb Rodgers" <nebulax@inorbit.com>
Subject: Blank CD-R recommendations?
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:25:32 -0500

Probably opening a huge can of worms here, but I was wondering what types o=
f blank CD-R's people have had good results with, and more importantly, whi=
ch brands are best to avoid? I'm going thru a stack of Maxells right now th=
at are about 3/4 defective, whereas the brands I didn't expect much of (Mem=
orex, Dynex, Staples in-house brand) are burning along just fine. I see Tai=
yo Yuden recommended pretty much universally, but I wasn't sure if there wa=
s a more commonly available (at Target, etc) brand that was worth having.

Thanks,
-Neb=20=20=20=20

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From: HWTest <hwtest@volny.cz>
Subject: JVC XD-Z505 DAT no sound problem
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:15:10 +0100

I recently bought this used JVC XD-Z505 (should be the same as Marantz 
DT80 and Philips DAT850) DAT deck and it worked well.
I regularly used it for playing and recording and all was OK.
But now it suddenly stoped giving sound when playing, no signal on the 
level meters.
Recording seems to be fine - but I don't have a second DAT to verify.
When I'm cueing, there is sound. When I rewind the tape, the A Time 
display and Start IDs are changing without skips/problems.
I've cleaned the heads with a dry cleaning tape and as it didn't help, 
also manually, but still no sound.
I don't know, how to display the bit error rate, if it is even possible 
on this deck.
I'm using Sony DT-120, DT-90 and TDK DA-R120 tapes.
What could be the problem? Are the heads worn out?

HWTest



From: Randy Vogel <randy@funfolks.net>
Subject: USB soundcard
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:19:44 -0800

If you've been hesitating to jump from DAT to computer as a music 
source, you might consider $20 a low enough price
<http://www.pacificgeek.com/product.asp?ID=45362>

it's not ideal (works only for output), but it'll help get music from 
your computer to the stereo system...


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