I'm sending along this report from Marc Nutter of
Sonic Sense wth a few snips. Rob D.
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>Hey All,
>
>Our demo 744t has just arrived and gone out for a demo run.
>For the recording, we set up:
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>Neumann SKM-140's>Y-Cable>Grace Design Lunatec V3>Sound Devices 744t
>line in SD744T Mic in
>
>This gave us a direct comparison between the pre-amp of the 744T and the
>V3. Using the onboard DAC of the 744t, we played back the recording
>into my home system. Through any easily accessible file selection, we
>can instantaneously switch between the tracks.
>While I am a life time fan of the Grace Design
>Lunatec V3, I could not identify a difference in
>the sound quality.
>
>The 744t is by the far the easiest to use recorder I've laid hands upon
>and best of all, nearly IDIOT PROOF. It automatically increments file
>numbers and will not allow you to record over anything.=A0
>
>Up to 10 seconds of pre-roll time gives us an extra advantage to prevent
>missing a special moment of sound.
>
>Navigating the menus is totally intuitive and quick.=A0
>
>Metering is phenomenal-great detail.
>
>The 744t is rugged and solid feeling. I didn't feel any concern
>grabbing it out of my bag, cycling through menus, and making level
>adjustments, etc. Once in record mode, the 744T blocks you out of any
>controls that you wouldn't want to make during recording (ie. phantom
>power select, low pass filter.).
>
>While I haven't found a "Safe Mode" where no buttons can be bumped, it
>does require 150mS of pressing the Stop button before recording would
>subside.
>
>The headphone amp has more gain than any I've ever used. My Sony 7506's
>were painfully loud with the knob only half way up. It is designed to
>drive anything from an 8 Ohm to 1Kohm load.=A0
>
>To test another promise from the manual, I grabbed one of my firewire
>hard drives and transferred files directly to the 744t. Now, with the
>744t plugged in directly to my home stereo, we're listening to 24/96
>recordings that I recorded a couple years ago on my laptop. So, we have
>not only the coolest stand-alone recorder, but it is also a playback
>unit for all of our audio computer files--No more needing to plug in our
>notebook to listen to high-resolution recordings.
>
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Marc (Nutter)
>
>Sonic Sense, Inc.
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