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...protection money from drug traffickers based in Panama. Until last week, according to U.S. Government sources, some federal investigators felt they lacked sufficiently compelling evidence to indict Noriega. Blandon's testimony could strengthen their case -- especially if, as D'Amato says, the former consul general can provide documents and tape recordings to back up many of his allegations...
Heralded by music lovers but feared by the music industry, the next wave of audio technology is about to hit U.S. shores. It is, as usual, made in Japan. The talk of this month's giant Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was digital audio tape, or DAT. It seemed that just about every electronics company was showing off DAT players and recorders, and half a dozen firms said they would be selling machines in the U.S. by the summer. That prospect alarms record-company executives, who are afraid that DAT will induce more people to record their friends' albums...
...cassette looks similar to a standard tape but is about half as large and has a much clearer, sharper sound. Like the compact disc, DAT is the product of a digital recording method that uses computer chips to break sound down into billions of bits of information, which are stored on magnetic tape. The process reproduces sound more faithfully and with less background hiss and crackling than traditional analog recording techniques...
Kenwood expects to sell the first DAT machine in the U.S. next month. It will be a combination radio and tape player for cars. Ford has announced that similar units, made by Sony, will be in some Lincoln Continentals by June. While those two machines will only play tapes, other models that record music as well have been promised for the summer by Harman/Kardon, Marantz and Casio...
...soon Sony, which acquired CBS Records two weeks ago, will put Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and all the other CBS stars on DAT. Sony is in an awkward position because CBS record executives have been leaders in the music industry's fight against DAT. They fear that home taping will ruin their lucrative CD business. As a modest concession to the recording industry's concerns, several DAT manufacturers are considering a special electronic system called Solo in their machines. Consumers will be able to make a digital tape of a compact disc but will not be able to duplicate that...