gloco
Taper
markgugs said:I actually spoke to a number of tapers, including one last night, and he expressed a great deal of dissatisfaction with the new M1. Said there were a considerable amount of problems with the first run of them, etc. He said that the price I can get a brand-new D8 for right now is a steal and I should jump at it. They're near-identical in size, so...
As for the transfer deck...I said I got a killer return, not won the lottery
My buddy has a Tascam and will be handling all digital transfers for me. No worries for now.
Not sure who you spoke to, but the M1 is a few years old and is well regarded as having a superior A/D compared to the D8, the D8 has some wacky transport issues and i think difficulty with DDS tapes...you might want to stick with a M1, IMHO. Go over to taperssection.com and ask over there, those guys/gals are super friendly and will add their 2 cents to which dat portable you should buy, my money is on the M1, i've owned it since December and have no complaints whatsoever.