I am a DP in Toronto Canada. However, A good friend of ours, Keith Wester was a very well known sound man in Hollywood for many years until losing his battle with Cancer last year. He was also a respected member of the Academy. He did films such as Perfect Storm, Water World, Sea of Love, J.I. Jane The Rock and so on. He always said that athough he did a lot of research with the new DAT technology, he was never convinced that the binary represented sound would have the deepness of Nagra. Old school perhaps, however, I personally tend to trust the masters.
Have fun.
Toby Proctor