Hi Kevin, Yes it's important to only play such tapes on a known to be well maintained deck as the DAT tapes are thin and fragile, and can easily be damaged in a faulty player. A skilled technician who still services older tape based camcorders may be worth trying as there are a lot of similarities between smaller camcorder tape formats and the DAT format. Tim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daley, Kevin" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 7:47 PM Subject: [ARSCLIST] DAT machines >I am in need of a DAT machine for the purpose of transferring original > session recordings made on a Sony DAT to WAV and MP3 files. > > I would be interested in finding sources for these machines or reliable > vendors to do on the machines I already have. > > Thank You > > -- > Kevin Daley > The Statue of Liberty NM and > Ellis Island Immigration Museum > Liberty Island, NY 10004 > 646.356.2152 > > *The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good* --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus