Thanks Oryoki, for the information about the reported faulty
PMD-660s. Have you heard anything similair about the
PMD-670?
When I first bought my PMD-670 in Dec. 2003 the dealer threw in
a couple mics for really cheap. Those cheap mics seemed to
overload the preamps, so I sent both the mics and the recorder
to Marantz. They determined the mics were too "hot" for the
recorder. I bought different mics and the problem seemed to go
away. I hope it is true that the problem was only with those mics
and I don't run into problems with other mics in the future.
--- In "oryoki2000"
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> "Ralph Paonessa" wrote:
> > Any comments on the Marantz PMD660
> > vs. Sony MZ-RH10 for bird recording?
>
> Many of the first PMD660 units sold in USA were faulty. The
units for
> sale today are presumed OK. This leads to a lot of
contradictory
> reports, ie. one person posts that the Sennheiser ME66's
output level
> consistently overloads the 660's preamp, while another writes
that the
> ME66 works great. Several who initially reported problems later
posted
> to say the repairs Marantz made fixed the problems, and now
the 660
> works well.
>
> I like the PMD660's pro features, like XLR connectors and
built-in
> phantom power, 2 second pre-roll buffer, and automatic
closing of the
> file being recorded if the battery runs out. I also like the ease
and
> speed of file transfer from Compactflash to computer.
>
> I like the HiMD's smaller price, small size, and good battery life
> (although not nearly as good as the non-HiMD models). I also
like the
> choice of using ATRAC SP for high quality compressed
recordings. (The
> PMD660's MP3 version is low bit rate, hence of poor quality).
The
> HiMD disc is probably durable (we don't have enough
experience with
> them yet to say for sure), but at $7 each, they are not as
attractive
> as an archival medium as the original MD discs.
>
> The proof is in the pudding. Many reputable dealers will give
you at
> least 7 days to try out the recorders with your mic. Why not
order
> them both, then keep the recorder that works best for you?
>
> Please let us know which you choose.
>
> --oryoki
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