Hmmm. Anyone know anyone who services Sony in the USA? Maybe the 2500 is worth looking into, given your recommendation. I do have some difficult tapes, belonging to a client with little budget... TIA, Lou On Jan 21, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Goran Finnberg wrote: > Lou Judson: > >> a donated Sony 2500 seem dead. > > The 2500, which is one of the best ever DAT machines when replaying > difficult tapes, has a lot of rubber o-rings in its mechanism and > when they > breaks or stretches given time the machine dies. > > This is on top of any electrical fault given its age. > > The 2300 is one of the worst DAT machines ever put out by Sony. > > Its a one motor machine driving everything and Sony Service in > Sweden used > to see them in the hundreds piled up in stacks coming back for > service and > they came back very fast after service as they were nearly > impossible to get > working reliably mechanically. > > Best used as a boat anchor. > > The Sony 2700 is one of the best three motor DAT machine ever made. > > The mechanism almost works for ever with near zero problems and > very good > replay of difficult tapes although the 2500 was in a class of its > own and > still is.