Lang,
I have been using a PMD 670 for a little more than a year and I
like it pretty well, but one thing worth considering is the price of
compact flash memory. Even with prices dropping, If you plan on
being away from your home without a computer for very long then
the memory costs can pile up - figure about $60 a GB at todays
prices.
For me I spent about $700 for the Pmd 670 and then spent
about $400 more on CF cards over the last year.
I went on a week long trip last fall and I ran short of memory after
only three days. For the rest of the trip I ran it in rec. pause and
line out to a consumer minidisc recorder.=20
And I still need more memory, so for all this money I could have
bought a Portadisc with quieter pres and more gain.
-John Hartog
--- In Lang Elliott
<> wrote:
> Hey guys!
>
> When is the Marantz PMD 660 supposed to appear on the
scene? Is it better in
> some respects than the MD 670, which is more expensive? Or
is the 670 the
> better recorder?
>
> A friend needs an inexpensive two track, but with phantom
power, fairly
> decent preamps, and long run time preferably with
conventional AAs. Looks
> like the 670 requires a special battery.
>
> We might have discussed this in the group, but I've been so
busy lately that
> I haven't been reading all the posts.
>
> Lang
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