The jury is still out on how many consumer grade
recorders can perform this well with the portable
phantom supply units. All of the PIP pre
recorders I've tried so far have had dramatic
improvement, but that's only a Sharp MT90, my
TRV-900 sony camcorder and the Sony NH-900 HiMD.
I've asked around on several lists for theories
about what the heck could be going on but no one
has come forth with much so far.The Art unit is
available for $44 on eBay, so I'm hoping people
will pick one up and see what it'll do for their
MD/DAT/Camcorders etc. and report back. I have no
background in circuitry whatsoever. There could
be a special sympathy between the tested
components, but if Klas's observation is
correct-- that today's mic pre chips are
basically high quality-- then we may see that
many recorders work. Of course, it takes a low
noise, phantom powered condenser mic to reap the
benefits. Rob D.
At 7:18 AM +0000 7/27/05, Nick Roast wrote:
>Rob,
>
>Could it be that you have discovered an MD with particularly good=A0
>mic preamps or do you feel this will be characteristic of all domestic
>recorders ?
>
>Nick Roast.=A0
>
>
>--- In Rob Danielson <>
>wrote:
>> No doubt people who can afford 722's and Lunatecs will tend to hear
>> the improvement in quality they're dollars are paying for.Some will
>> recall that I defended the pre in my 744T over every challenger--
>> then I made and took some blind tests comparing it to the MP2 and
>> Walt, Dan and I concluded, that once the gear gets to a high level
>of
>> performance its pretty hard to discern. The recent tests I did
>> comparing the 722 and the lowly NH-900 HiMD's internal mic pre
>seems
> > to even question this conclusion...........
>
>
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