[sdiy] Should I repair my Fostex, or should I go HD recording?

[JH.]

> Some may argue that the 'natural' compression of tape media sounds so much
> better,

When I record directly to 2-track DAT, I don't miss anything. Probably
because there's
a lot of nonlinear and compressing stuff in my signal path anyway. So I have
no doubt
about quality.

My doubts are about cost - 500 EUR for Hardware (?) - , and how much for
software?
and about the the overall handling / ease of use.

And, which hardware and software would you recommend?

JH.