Technics SV-4100
(1994 - 1999)

The ultimate version of Panasonic's professional DAT master recorders. Used in many a studio and still sought after for both its mechanical reliability and sound quality.

If the mechanism is the same as in the previous SV-3700 / SV-3800 and their consumer versions (Technics SV-DA10 and SV-D900), the digital-to-analogue section was upped to 20-Bit resolution and, mostly, this is a studio deck : up to 5 sync modes, a really precise locate function and frame-accurate, RAM-loaded quick-start function. Exit the less than perfect L/R balance record input pot, enter two separate L and R input pots !

Unveiled at the same time was the SV-3900, a remote-controlled version that can be daisy-chained up to 32 decks through an ES-bus and controlled by the optional SH-MK390 controller. The a/d section for all of these is the same 1-Bit MASH/64fs and really excellent.