Tascam DA 20 Product Sheet

							DA-20
DAT RECORDER
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Outstanding Value In A
Digital Mastering Deck
You’re looking for the perfect DAT Recorder for
your personal, project or broadcast studio.
Perhaps you’ve been mastering to cassette or
reel-to-reel and want to make the jump to digital
without a drastic jump in price. Or perhaps your
master suite has a high-end DAT machine and
you’re looking to equip a secondary suite with
an economical yet durable and high-performa-
nce DAT. In either case, the TASCAM DA-20
offers outstanding features, performance and
incredible sound all in a cost-effective, 3U rack-
mountable package.
The DA-20 sounds great. It features 16-bit
linear quantization in standard mode and 12 bit
non-linear in long play mode. With specifica-
tions you expect to find in quality digital audio
products, the DA-20 boasts a S/N ratio  and
dynamic range of better than 91dB and total
harmonic distortion less than 0.00045%.
Multiple Sampling Rates and
Long Play Recording
The DA-20 capitalizes on TASCAM’s experience
and reputation for durable equipment and superior
Front Panel-DA-20
sound quality. It sup-
ports three sampling
frequencies for
recording and play-
back: 48 K/44.1 K/
32 KHz and records
either digital or analog
at 32KHz. In long play
mode (32KHz), the
DA-20 can record and
playback up to 4
hours of material on
120 DAT tapes.
The DA-20 comes
complete with a wire-
less full-featured
remote as a standard
accessory. It connects
to existing audio
equipment either by
unbalanced RCA
analog inputs and
outputs, or through
the S/PDIF digital I/O
connectors on the
back panel. For mastering applications, SCMS-free
recording is possible via a switchable power-on
procedure.
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DA-20
POWER COUNTER MARGIN
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							• Switchable sampling frequencies 48 K/44.1 K /32K Hz
• 32k HZ recording analog or digital
• Long play mode for up to 4 hours recording and play-
back in 32KHz sampling frequency
• Standard RCA jack analog inputs and outputs
• Digital I/O — S/PDIF
• SCMS-free recording switchable via power-on
procedure
• Rackmoutable case 3U
• Wireless remote control is standard
SPECIFICATIONS
Category: Rotary Head Digital Audio
Tape Recorder
Tape Speed: 8.15 mm/sec. in
STANDARD mode,
4.075 mm/sec. in
LONG mode
Record Time: 120 min. in STANDARD
mode, 240 min. in LONG
mode (with 120-min.
cassette)
DA-20
DAT RECORDER
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Head Drum Speed: 2,000 rpm in STANDARD
mode, 1,000 rpm in
LONG mode
Channel Number: 2 channel
Quantization Bit: 16 bit linear in STANDARD,
12 bit non-linear in LONG
Sampling Rate: 48K, 44.1K, 32K
(Digital only), 32K LP
Frequency Response: 20 - 20,000 Hz + 0.5dB in
STANDARD, 20 - 14,500 Hz
+ 0.5dB in LONG
S/N Ratio: Better than 91dB
Dynamic Range: Better than 91dB
THD: Less than 0.0045%
Wow Flutter: Unmeasurable
Analog Inputs: RCA, 500mV, 27K ohms
Analog Outputs: RCA, 500mV, 1K ohm
Digital Input: RCA, Coaxial, IEC 958
TYPE II (S/PDIF)
Digital Output: RCA, Coaxial, IEC 958
TYPE II (S/PDIF)
Power Consumption: 21W
Specifications and features subject to change without
notice or obligation.
Rear Panel-DA-20
ANALOG
INPUT OUTPUT DIGITAL
L
RL
ROUTPUT
INPUT
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