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Thoughts on DAT tape? Any users?

I know, I know!
Yet another old dead end format but hear me out...lol.

I still do a lot of home recording and now I am down to just my cassette decks having sold off all my r2r gear.

Looking at DAT tape it seems like it should make for high quality audio recordings but does it?
Equipment and media are not outrageous prices yet....
So any actual users or ex users rather than just internet cowboys care to comment?
Thank you and stay safe!
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kijanki
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Digital tape has one advantage over recording to computer - according to RIAA it is legal to copy any music to digital tape (including friends CDs) because royalties were paid by tape manufacturer.  Audio CD-Rs and MiniDisks are also legal, but copying CD that you don't own to plain data CD-R or computer's HD is illegal.
Recording to Audio CD-R seems easier than DAT, but it cannot be erased.
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