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Re: Reliability of DAT machines

Subject: Re: Reliability of DAT machines
From: "Aaron Ximm" aaron_gmail
Date: Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:55 pm ((PDT))
On 7/13/07, George Paul <> wrote:
> I am going to the cloud forest in Ecuador next month, and then to the
> lowland rainforest there.  I supposed the humidity will be fairly high.
>
> Will my DAT be unreliable in the high humidity?  Could it stop working?
>
> Is it time to invest in my Sound Devices 722?

Hey George!

Sounds like an enviable trip! If you're going to invest, I would
definitely take the 722 on this one! :)

I have heard only good things about its robustness in truly punishing
conditions... never had a problem with mine... they were made for this
afterall.

That said I have heard in *really* extreme cases it's ever more
reliable to record to CF than to use (any) harddrive...

 aaron

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