Jeff,
You might look at the new Marantz PMD670 as an alternative to the Hi-
MD. It is designed for remote recording and records onto memory
cards or a removable hard-disk.
- Adam Liberman
Liberman Sound
--- In Jeff Klatt
<> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am rather new to this list, but I know enough about
> the group to know that this is a great place to start
> researching recording gear. I was talking with
> someone today about Hi-MD and the recent discussions
> here (and/or phonography.org) about its unforseen
> limitations regarding uploading files. He mentioned a
> Marantz (sp?) recorder which records directly to CD.
> Is this something that people regularly use? If I
> understand correctly, the recorder is more expensive
> than consumer MD products, but less expensive than pro
> MD products. I'm new to field/nature recording, so am
> not quite ready to go HHb yet. I presently have a
> pre-order in for the top Hi-MD model, but was
> considering cancelling the order. Am I better off
> spending a little more for the Marantz? Are the
> electronics going to be better?
>
> My recording interests are both nature recording for
> its own sake and general field recording to collect
> material for electroacoustic composition. I have an
> RME multiface and quadmic preamp, 2 Rode NT-1A's, and
> am considering 2 Telinga EM-23's. I would like to
> have the flexibility of using The EM-23's in a
> portable set up, but also the NT-1A's in a
> semi-portable, higher quality XLR->preamp->stand-alone
> converter->optical input to whatever medium (Hi-MD or
> CD, if I understand the Marantz correctly). Any
> thoughts, cautions, or advice? Any help would be
> greatly appreciated from this obviously expert group.
>
> Best,
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
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