marantz solid state recorder with 5GB storage

["oryoki2000" <>]

Marantz product manager Matt Jarvis wrote:
...The Marantz solid state recorders 
do record uncompressed...Our next machine 
will take the 5 gig drives...

This is good news! The 5GB Toshiba drive in
PCMCIA packaging costs about $325 today, and
continues to decline in cost each month.
5GB will hold about 7 hours of uncompressed
16 bit stereo WAV recordings.

Wish list for the new Marantz model:

-- small memory buffer while in record/pause
   (as in HHB Portadisc, Sonifex Courier)

-- somewhat louder built-in speaker
   (200 mW is too anemic)

-- directory structure that supports 
   subdirectories for the PCMCIA disc
   (to organize many hours of material)

-- phantom power on both XLR inputs

Thanks for listening.



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