Nakamichi 1000-DAT (1989)
Little is documented about the Nakamichi 1000-DAT beyond its period press coverage. That coverage is significant, though. The 1000-DAT was Nakamichi's late-1980s consumer DAT recorder, introduced in 1989, when the recording industry's threatened litigation still loomed over consumer digital recording. Audio (April 1989, p.55) reported from the model's debut that Nakamichi predicted huge success for the 1000-DAT - and added that everyone was wondering how the RIAA would react.
Audio's November 1989 Equipment Profile filled in much of the technical picture. The profile described the 1000-DAT as a digital audio processor weighing 35 1/4 lb (16 kg). Its A/D converter sampled at 48 kHz; the D/A converter handled 48, 44.1, and 32 kHz. Analog line inputs were set for a −18 dB recording level at 50 mV, balanced and unbalanced, and the analog line outputs presented
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