Tascam DA30 DAT belongs in the Trashcan

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• SE

  @SergZak2023 · 2 years ago

  Thanks , Dave for your continued quality content👍

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• TH

  @therealjammit · 2 years ago

  When I was doing TV and VCR repair I quickly learned to clean the VCR heads and tape transport before doing anything because of all the people trying to fix it themselves.

• KY

  @kyoudaiken · 2 years ago

  It's the same like playing vinyls. It's the haptics that the people miss. And the fact to have to listen to the tape and not being able to instantly seek to another track or part of the current track like you can do today.

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• VI

  @video99couk · 2 years ago

  I remember the first time I saw the FM envelope from DAT and thought "that's never right!".  But of course it is.  It's not a video format.

• M9

  @m9ovich785 · 2 years ago

  Thanks Dave.<br>Anyone else watch the Spring dangling down inside the power supply. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmeSt29mPyI&amp;t=722">00:12:02</a> &nbsp; HAHAHAHAH...

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• BA

  @Barbarapape · 2 years ago

  Any tape or disc based format that you want to keep needs a digital backup.<br>Spares for these are now almost impossible to obtain, other than drive belts.<br>I have spent the last few days filling a skip with the ones customers never<br>collected after been told they were beyond repair.<br>It&apos;s costing me just to dispose of other peoples trash.

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• MA

  @markmarkofkane8167 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve bought a few non working items on ebay, and got them to work. But that machine is way too complicated. Interesting video.

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• KJ

  @kjrchannel1480 · 2 years ago

  I have never seen the actual heads on a DAT. The VCR versions I only see a loop of wire on a small PC board that doesn&apos;t actually contact the tape. &nbsp;In my mind I can see the drum being worn, or even the internal drum contacts from the heads to the pre amp are worn, or dirty. It always made me wonder how a VCR drum made those connections internally. Rather it be electrical or magnetic coupled. In my opinion most things are repairable if parts were available.

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• HU

  @hugoherreradiaz459 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Muchas gracias por tus vídeos he aprendido mucho &nbsp;tengo ese mismo dat tascam da 30 el anterior dueño dijo que le cambiaron una correa pero no quedo bien <br>Yo le puse otra y quedó excelente <br>Graba y reproduce excelente <br>Lo malo es que ya no se encuentran sus cabezales saludos y Gracias por tu tiempo y dedicación

• UN

  @universalhead · 2 years ago

  Awesome video - Where do you get the plastic split washers from? I constantly lose them. There are a couple different sizes.

• NU

  @NuruYahaya-lg6oc · 2 years ago

  Great master ❤❤❤ long time

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• ZU

  @zulumax1 · 2 years ago

  I still got this DA30 sitting in the box that I was going to donate to you over a year ago. Just got to figure out how to pack it and get it from Washington state, through customs, and to you.<br> Serial number TCA 451374

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