Imagine an audio format with the nostalgia of cassette, but the pristine sound quality and convenience of CD. It existed in the form of DAT so why didn't it catch on?

Sources:
7Pin Bible: http://www.coresound.com/7pinbible...
Japanese DAT catalog pages: http://www.videokouboutopaz.jp/SONY...
DIY digital cable pinout: http://www.rockpark.com/d7/8_build.txt
Home Taping is Killing Music image: http://i.imgur.com/CezxJ9c.jpg
Popular Mechanics, June 1987
Headline News story on DAT from 1990:    • Headline News on Sony's DAT  June, 1...  
Prerecorded DAT tape image: https://i.imgur.com/mBW7vXd.jpg
Broadcast studio DAT deck image: https://wgls.rowan.edu/_images/tour_p...
UMatic deck image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
PCM adaptor image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
Umatic cassette image: https://psap.library.illinois.edu/col...

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Music: "FBS", "Grey Skies", "Azurite", "Born in the 90s", "Call Waiting" and "Cafe Mornings" by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Additional music: "Seaside" by Dan Mason (https://danmason.bandcamp.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.boxcat.com).