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Re: Marantz? Please advise a newbie on the brink of purchasing.

Subject: Re: Marantz? Please advise a newbie on the brink of purchasing.
From: "Adam Liberman" <>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:25:58 -0000
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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