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Subject: re: fostex fr-2 specs
From: Rudy Trubitt <>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:15:10 -0700
I spoke with a couple Fostex people at the AES show about this new
recorder. I was told it would be available in Feb 2004 with a
projected price of $1495 (without the timecode option). I liked the
look of this device, other than some small concern over its physical
size--a little bulky. Then again, I worry that the Sound Devices disk
recorders might be too small so I guess I'm impossible to please. But
for under $1500, this product has my attention.

For those interested in super-tiny recording systems, Core Sounds was
showing their (now shipping) PDA-based digital audio recorder. See
their site, http://www.core-sound.com for lengthy details.

Rudy

>
>Message: 10
>    Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:59:03 -0000
>    From: "oryoki2000" <>
>Subject: fostex fr-2 specs
>
>Here are more details about the Fostex FR-2 field recorder, shown
>this week at the AES conference in NYC.  This information comes from
>http://www.fostex.com/support/pdf/fostex/fr2/fr2_prelim_info.pdf
>
>The product was announced this month.  No price or timetable for
>retail production has been announced.
>
>--oryoki
>
>specifications:
>
>dimensions 240 x 210 x 100mm (9.5 x 8.25 x 4 in)
>weight:  2Kg (70 ounces) w/o batteries
>this is two inches thicker, and a little heavier
>than the HHB Portadisc
>
>power source: 4 AA batteries or 12V external source
>claimed 2 hour run-time on 4AA batteries
>
>sampling rate:  up to 24/192
>file format:  Broadcast WAV only
>
>recording medium: CompactFlash or
>1.8 inch hard disc in PC Card package
>
>Currently 5GB is maximum for hard disc.
>5GB sounds like a lot of space, but it can hold
>only 72 minutes of stereo 24/192 digitized sound.
>
>If you choose DAT-quality 16/48 sampling instead,
>you can record stereo for more than 7 hours
>
>new file names increment automatically
>so you can't accidentally write over an existing recording
>
>pre-record buffer: 10 seconds
>
>mic inputs:  two XLR, balanced, 48V phantom power
>analog line level: stereo input and output
>
>optional timecode generator
>
>file transfer:  onboard USB (2.0?)
>
>digital input and output SPDIF via XLR style connectors
>
>onboard speaker: 1000 mW (typical cassette recorder is 500-700mW)
>
>
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