A good enough mic preamp IC for Marantz would be about a dollar and a half
instead of 80c... or so...
I don't understand either.
Klas.
At 00:55 2005-06-21, you wrote:
>You would think for $125, Marantz would just update their pre-amps. I mean
>Oade brothers would be making a profit, it would cost Marantz how much to be
>good pre-amps into their machines?
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>It makes no sense to me.....
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>Martyn
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>Martyn Stewart
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:
> On Behalf Of Klas Strandberg
>Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 3:41 PM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: 722 vs PMD670
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>Nevertheless, it is no problem today to make good preamps, so I still can't
>understand why Marantz didn't do it. On the other hand I still think we
>have a "mystery" here: Even if the PMD preamp is noisy, is shouldn't be
>THAT noisy.
>
>Klas.
>
>At 18:12 2005-06-20, you wrote:
> >Tim Nielsen wrote:
> > > ...[Klas] can't fix Marantz problem...
> >
> >Maybe not, but Doug Oade does. If you buy your Marantz PMD660, PMD670
> >or PMD671 from Oade, he will rebuild the preamp using quality
> >components for an extra $125. The result is *much* reduced mic preamp
> >noise.
> >
> >When Marantz designed the PMD series, their target audience was court
> >reporters, speech therapists, and stenographers -- all settings where
> >close mic placement is the rule. I don't think that they were much
> >concerned about capturing the song of some sparrow 50 feet away. But
> >these recorders, unmodified, do produce decent recordings if you keep
> >the mic preamp gain at a low setting.
> >
> >A colleague in Venezuela uses the unmodified PMD670 with a Telinga mic
> >and parabola, and has captured lots of high quality bird
> >vocalizations. He prefers the PMD670 to his HHB Portadisc, even
> >though the Portadisc has a quieter preamp, because the PMD670 is
> >smaller, lighter, and, with no moving parts, more rugged in field use.
> >It's just the ticket for those all-day slogs through the forest. I
> >think he'll like the Oade-modified PMD660 I just ordered even more.
> >
> >--oryoki
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> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
> >Klas Strandberg
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
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> >
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>Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
>S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
>Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
>email:
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
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