How about the 660 with a Sound Devices Mp2 as a front end? Any thoughts?
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From: Lang Elliott
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 5:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Marantz 660
The Oade Brothers had this to say about the Marantz PMD 660:
We may not carry that as it has a 65dB signal to noise ration, too noisy
for most uses except transcription. The PMD671 is expected to ship in
May and be a 24 bit box, we hope this one has usable mic preamps !
Lang
I throughly agree about CF media cost and
limitations on trips. $500 for a 16bit CF
recorder with phantom the main feature,.. I'd
consider a NH800 for $220 and $450-550 for a used
MP-2 if there was any chance the person wanted to
make recordings under quiet conditions. The Sony
may provide some plusses like $6 1GB discs,
optical in and several hours on one A bat. If
your friend has hot condenser mics, there's also
the very compact Deneck PS-2 which provide 48
volts phantom on batteries for $180. The 660
looks easier to operate, e.g. big buttons. Rob D.
At 3:03 AM +0000 3/2/05, John Hartog wrote:
>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.=A0
>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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