Re: Marantz 660

[Mike Feldman <>]

Rob Danielson wrote:

> For using line in, yes, this combo would be much
> better because signal to noise ratio is much
> higher (better) for line inputs. The R-1 is 24
> bit recorder and does seem to have a better mic
> pre and costs less. If 16 bits will do, I use my
> mp2 with a NH-900 line with good results. But
> Mike said he was thinking about getting a 660
> when the discussion started.  Rob D

That's what I said ... the 660's 65dB noise spec
is likely to be at full gain.  I wonder what it's
like at minimum gain for the use with the Earthworks
mics.  They're hot mics and I used to run them into
the line-in of a Sony TCD-D8 with and external phantom
supply and unity-gain balanced-to-unbalanced buffer amp.
For loud music it was fine.  I'd like to run them into
a single battery-powered box rather than have 2 or 3
boxes cabled together (or need AC power).

I still haven't tested the Edirol R-1 with PIP mics
of better quality than the built in ones.

Just for yucks here's 20 seconds of the R-1's internal mics,
down-sampled from 24 to 16 bits by Apple Quicktime:

http://feldman.gidnoy.com/audio/1st_Siren_24_to_16.aiff

Look in a subdirectory Green Mnt Grass for mp3s of the R-1's
line-in fed from Earthworks SRO -> M-Audio Duo.

-- Mike


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