Sony DTC-2000ES DAT recorder

<p><img class="story_image" src="http://www.stereophile.com/images/999sony2000es.promo_.jpg" /></p> Introduced nearly eight years ago as the first recordable digital format for consumers, DAT both failed to appeal to its target market and was <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/copycode_diminishing_dat/index.html">blocked from formally entering the USA</a> for four years by the RIAA, who feared for the copyright of its members' recordings. However, the DAT medium was enthusiastically snapped up by professionals and semiprofessionals, who found its combination of reliability, CD-compatible signal format, and editing ease ideal for mastering. Sony currently offers a small range of consumer models, from the diminutive Walkman-sized TCD-D-7 DATMan to four-head cassette-deck

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