Tdk Dat 60 Minute Digi Audio Tape with Case

Digital audiotape D.A.T. or DAT as it's more commonly referred to was brought to the market by Sony in 1987 with the intention of replacing Phillips aging compact cassettes which have been available for almost 25 years at that point however despite Sony and their partners releasing a whole range of DAT enabled devices over the years the format never took off in the home. It did have some success though in the recording industry. In this video i'll try to explain why and i also find out for myself whether or not it's worth picking up an old DAT machine to add into my existing hifi. The reasoning behind the introduction of DAT makes perfect sense and it's very simple. In the early 1980s is the compact disc was launched in Japan and by the mid-eighties it was already a massive success so effectively they had replaced the ageing vinyl format with a new digital equivalent... time to repla