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Old 15th Apr 2021, 9:59 pm   #11
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Default Re: The Rise and Fall of Audio Tape at the BBC, by Ian Astbury

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Originally Posted by knobtwiddler View Post
What grabs me about Mr Astbury's article is how concise the chronology is. The Sony DTC-1000 machine was originally marketed as consumer, but there was a 19" rack ear kit that was made for it. I'm wondering if the rack ears came along after it'd been out for a while, or at the same time?
Didn't someone like Audio and Design bring out a professional version of the DTC-1000 with balanced audio connections and rack mounting? I think HHB may have done something similar with Pioneer's 96kHz DAT machine - at least mine has a little HHB logo on the rack mount tray.
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