You can not put the 722 in the same bracket as the 671 simple.
The Marantz even with a modified pre-amp will be out preformed by the 722.
If you want the best there is for the money, it is worth spending an extra
grand on the sound devices. I have owned both recorders and the Marantz
would not hold a torch to the sound devices, period.
There are some samples on my website of both machines.
Martyn
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Martyn Stewart
Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
http://www.naturesound.org
Redmond. Washington. USA
N47.65543=A0=A0 W121.98428
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Tel: 425-898-0462
Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
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From:
On Behalf Of JR
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 1:17 PM
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Subject: [Nature Recordists] SD 722 or Marantz 671 (Oade Modified)
I am getting ready to oder a recorder -- I am on the fence. I have
checked the specs and there are arguments for each of these machines
in termss of weight recoding options, and recording quality. Birds,
ambient sounds, ethnographic sounds (people doing what they do), and
other field recodings are my interests.
The 722 is new enought it seems there are no reviews I can find. The
671 is about the same, but the Oade Brothers are making some mods to
the preamps that might make this a good enough option.
I am leaning toward the SD 722 because it seems rugged, not too heavy
or bulky to carry, and early reports I have read/heard indicate it
would work for me. But, that 1k difference tempts me to get the
Marantz and invest in some new mics.
Any thoughts on the 722 vs the 671?
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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