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The
D100/M1's larger back-illuminated LCD display, transport function
buttons, and record/pause buttons are immediately appreciated and very
accessible by being placed
directly below the LCD display, but the even smaller REC Level knob is
a bit disappointing.
Speaking of track editing,
these more compact models
are fully capable and 'stand-alone-complete' by supplying all
the necessary button functions for fully editing any recorded tape without
needing an accessory kit. However, like Sony's predecessor models,
digital interface requires further purchase of special I/O accessories
now having to complement a different electrical interface specification.
NOTE: Only the output is changed.
If you want reliable digital
output, you'll need
to get one of several newer interface accessories (these
are backwards compatible with previous models) but
the older look-alike interfaces accessories won't work consistently
from the new D100/M1 decks' digital I/O jack. Older versions of
Sony's interface (like the SBM-1) accessories will fully function ONLY
for Digital input on these new deck models.
The SBM-1 is now not the
great quality improvement as with previous Sony mini-DAT decks.
The 'stand-alone' performance
of the D100/M1 model is virtually on par with the benefits from using
the SBM-1 enhanced signal processing ability.
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LINE
or MIC inputs now operate off the same input jack and is function
switch selected (see
photo of recording setup switches on the deck's bottom
side), but there's now a separate output for jack for
LINE and HEADPHONES so that simultaneous phones monitoring
and a separate line feed is possible with these new models.
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Headphones
output power and driving ability could always be better on
most all portables, but
is a 'night & day' improvement over the severely
limited D7/D8 models. Headphones driving power has been
increased from 5 to 20 milliwatts per channel and the 16 ohm
(very low impedance) phones drive ability is exceptional for
driving the excellent MDR-F1 headphones. Using sensitive
headphones for listening/monitoring is still a good idea,
but not as desperately needed.
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The
newly designed (not just updated) tape transport has proved
to be nearly perfect in
being most reliable in handling both 2 and 3 hour tape thickness
without those (rare, but) occasional 'tape-eating'
or blank recording incidents for which the predecessor decks
were infamous. However, the new transport now initially
loads (also RW/FFs) the tape noticeable very
much slower as
compared to most any portable around.
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This
slowness reminds me a lot of the sluggish loading time experienced
with the (now very vintage) Denon DTR-80P/Casio DAR-100 models;
also exceptionally reliable. I would suggest not being
in any kind of a hurry to get the tape loaded, Rewound, or
Fast Forwarded.
Perhaps it is
best to keep in mind that
(at least with mini-drum sized DAT decks); "haste"
may indeed equate to "waste". This new model
does indeed handle tape very, very slowly. So
expect to be 'happily' patient, not quickly
disappointed
and in need of sometime acquiring
a full size deck for more satisfying time-efficient tape editing.
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