lateralus462 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hi All I'm having a bit of a clear out of some old studio stuff and I've got this Sony DAT player that needs to go. It all seems to be in working order, although I currently don't have any DAT tapes to test it fully with - it was always super reliable when I used to use it. Any offers? Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Is this a 19" version or a portable? Also how many hours use do you think the heads have had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lateralus462 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 [quote name='crez5150' post='169114' date='Apr 3 2008, 01:00 PM']Is this a 19" version or a portable? Also how many hours use do you think the heads have had?[/quote] It's 19" although I don't have the rack mount ears. I have absolutely no Idea how many hours the heads have had. As far as I know these were one of the first DAT recorders Sony made in the late 80's - I picked it up second hand a few years ago and used it a fair bit for about six months or so and since then it's been sat Idle - Your guess is as good as mine how much use it had in the first part of it's life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I'm interested.... Can I ask where are you based Chris? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lateralus462 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 [quote name='99ster' post='169201' date='Apr 3 2008, 03:35 PM']I'm interested.... Can I ask where are you based Chris? Thanks[/quote] I'm in Sonning Common - just outside Reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 [quote name='lateralus462' post='169212' date='Apr 3 2008, 03:41 PM']I'm in Sonning Common - just outside Reading.[/quote] Been mountain biking round that way (from Watlington) a fair few times - that's a nice place to live.... Do you have a price in mind...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lateralus462 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 [quote name='99ster' post='169301' date='Apr 3 2008, 05:26 PM']Been mountain biking round that way (from Watlington) a fair few times - that's a nice place to live.... Do you have a price in mind...?[/quote] I haven't - I was going to check what they go for on Ebay but haven't got round to it yet. I guess the next question would be what you would consider a fair price to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 [quote name='lateralus462' post='169305' date='Apr 3 2008, 05:42 PM']I haven't - I was going to check what they go for on Ebay but haven't got round to it yet. I guess the next question would be what you would consider a fair price to be?[/quote] I'd only know by doing the same as you - checking on eBay I suppose... Sorry - that's not much help...! [i](You'll likely know that model was the standard DAT in a lot of studios back in the day - and you're right it must be around 20 years old - so difficult to say how much life it's got left in it...as it could have done a lot of miles if it lived in a commercial studio. And if anything goes wrong with them they nowadays they have to go in the skip as they cost a small fortune to get repaired - even if you can find the parts.)[/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lateralus462 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 [quote name='99ster' date='Apr 3 2008, 11:53 PM' post='169539'] I'd only know by doing the same as you - checking on eBay I suppose... Sorry - that's not much help...! [i](You'll likely know that model was the standard DAT in a lot of studios back in the day - and you're right it must be around 20 years old - so difficult to say how much life it's got left in it...as it could have done a lot of miles if it lived in a commercial studio. And if anything goes wrong with them they nowadays they have to go in the skip as they cost a small fortune to get repaired - even if you can find the parts.)[/i] I reckon I'd accept 50 quid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 [quote name='lateralus462' post='169625' date='Apr 4 2008, 09:12 AM']I'd only know by doing the same as you - checking on eBay I suppose... Sorry - that's not much help...! [i](You'll likely know that model was the standard DAT in a lot of studios back in the day - and you're right it must be around 20 years old - so difficult to say how much life it's got left in it...as it could have done a lot of miles if it lived in a commercial studio. And if anything goes wrong with them they nowadays they have to go in the skip as they cost a small fortune to get repaired - even if you can find the parts.)[/i] I reckon I'd accept 50 quid[/quote] ...just got given a SONY DAT player for free today - but that's a fair price for what was a great machine back in the day. Someone should snap it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lateralus462 Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lateralus462 Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 Does any one want this? - if I don't sell it I'm going to have to bin it as it's taking up space I need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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