> From my point of view, the PMD mic input amp must be terribly bad.
> I don't
> understand that. It is noisier than all cheap MD:s, noisier than
> Edirol R1
> and all likewise.
Klas, I think you might be right. I also tested the R1, and found
it's input stage to be plenty quiet, on par with a good minidisc, or
Sony M1 Dat. It really does seem that the Marantz mic pres are
horribly noisy. A Spec of -65 for a noise floor is very bad. I have
no idea why they chose to use such poor quality components (well,
probably for cost reasons). But because of it, I wouldn't recommend
buying one to anyone. There are just better options out there. I
don't know if the newest one is much improved or not.
Tim
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