Collection: Blank DAT (Digital Audio Tape) Tapes

Blank Digital Recording Media

Ultra Ferric carries New Old Stock blank digital recording media from the two formats that defined professional and prosumer digital audio before hard-disk recording displaced them: Digital Audio Tape (DAT) and MiniDisc (MD).

Blank DAT Tapes

Digital Audio Tape was the professional recording standard of the 1990s and early 2000s, capable of recording at 48 kHz/16-bit digital quality - matching or exceeding CD fidelity. Originally developed by Sony in 1987, DAT became the format of choice for studio masters, broadcast recording, live concert archiving, and high-end home recording. Our DAT inventory covers brands including Sony, TDK, Maxell, Denon, AXIA, KAO, and Quantegy, in lengths from 15 to 180 minutes, including both standard consumer-grade and professional studio-grade stock.

Blank MiniDiscs

MiniDisc was Sony's flagship portable digital recording format, introduced in 1992 and refined over more than a decade. Using magneto-optical recording technology, MiniDiscs delivered near-CD quality audio in a 68�72mm cartridge. The format remained in active production until 2013, making NOS blank MiniDiscs increasingly scarce. Our MD inventory covers Sony, TDK, Maxell, and a range of rare and miscellaneous brands, in both Standard MD and Hi-MD formats.