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Re: Marantz PMD-660 and competitors

Subject: Re: Marantz PMD-660 and competitors
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:53:36 -0600
>oryoki2000 wrote:
>
>>  Marantz has officially announced the PMD660 Compactflash recorder...
>>  A second interesting competitor ... is the new
>>  Edirol R-1.  http://www.edirol.com/products/info/r1.html
>
>I received an Edirol R-1 this week after being on pre-order
>for 3 weeks from BSW.  The USB high-speed port is nice --
>it saves removing the flash card to upload.  Built-in mics
>are convenience for voice recording, but they're not
>especially good.  And it's 3v instead of 6v, and I fear
>that costs the Edirol headroom.
>
>I'm now wishing I'd put the money into the Marantz.  HiMD
>Doesn't have the record time.
>
>I posted initial impressions to micbuilders:
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/micbuilders/message/3113
>
>-- Mike Feldman
>
>

Thanks for this report Mike!  Have you seen specs for or perhaps had 
a chance to measure the internal mic pre gain on the R-1? Rob D.





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