ARE PORTABLE DAT DECKS AS GOOD AS RACK-MOUNT DECKS?
Since the high-quality sound reproduction is inherent to the digital technology being used, the quality of recordings and/or duplications should not be affected by the type of deck being used. As with CD players, the primary differences between lower-cost portable DAT decks and more expensive rack-mount decks are the features. Don’t be fooled by the size of portable decks. DAT is digital technology so the quality is in the technology and not in the features or size. A portable deck will provide just as good a sound from the 1s and 0s as a high priced DAT deck, when played through the back of your stereo. The quality of a sound recording is a function of the input device (i.e. the microphone). The DAT simply records all the information input to it by the mic and digitizes the input. When played back, all the digitized information is translated back to the sound that the microphone picked up originally. Therefore, the sound quality on a DAT recording is a function of the ability of the m
