| Subject: | Re: Reliability of DAT machines |
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| 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 -- quietamerican.org oneminutevacation.org 83% happy 9% disgusted 6% fearful 2% angry |
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