| We have been waiting for the bugs to get out of the X48 as well. We want a solid 48 track machine for back up for our RADAR's in our truck. We have been using 2 HD24's for back up and if you ever have to use the files it takes a 3rd party software program to transfer large files on long shows (it seems the hd24's only well let you do a couple of hours and most of our work is longggg live shows for re-brodcast). The only thing we don't like about the RADAR is doing the file transfer to the client's drives, nobody uses the RADAR's drives and it's an extra step for us to do and if the client want's their drives that night you have to budget in the extra time to do it and sometimes you can't because ant the end of the the gig you have to work with the venue to keep power on, and get packed up ect,ect The RADAR's are solid, well built and sound great and in the future when they get their act together and allow us to record to external 3rd party drives it will be great. But we will still need a pro back up machine. Time will tell if the X48 gets the bugs out and Tascam will still support it after a couple of years, we might have to bite the bulit and buy more Radar machines but right now its cost prohibated. Thanks for all the status reports, some of us are lurking and waiting to see what happens. |