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MUSIC
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made, therefore leading to fhe unavailability of DAT
pro recorded music The unions feel that if consum
ers are able to make a CD quality recording from
their friend s discs, why would they want to buy
CDs’
By and large, in the U S . the only purchasers of
DAT machines have been professional artists, us
ing the machines to record their own work In
comes the new DCC forma!
The DCC format is similar to DAT s in that it can
record as accurately as a CD However what
makes this format special :s that it is compatible
with analog tapes, the normal cassette tapes cur
rently in the market
Philips, the company that has introduced most of
the new recording technology wrthm the past dec
ade and the original creator of the analog tape
projects that DCC players will be available wthin
the next 16 months
The projected list price for a DCC player ranges
'rom $300 to $60Q. with machine? uva>AOie tor.
hem,-, car and portable usage Ti'e DCC : aver a
be capable ol recording only on DCC tapes, but by
being able to play analog tapes, music collections
won't be automatically outdated like vinyl has be
come
Also, production companies have been agreeing
to produce pre recorded music on DCC tapes, ai
Unlike CDs, the only thing you
eon do with a digital audio tape
player is record because there is
no pre-recorded music available
in the L'.S. on DAT.
lowing the DCC player to be a much more viable
option than a DAT player
So what does all this mean tor the average con
sumer’’ Does this mean that the CD player will
soon become obsolete7 Not likely, as CDs already
have a firm grip on the music market It just means
that you. as a consumer, will soon have even more
options, and listening to music will never be the
same again
Chandra Fooie