Hi John
If you buy the pmd-660 straight off the shelf, there is no comparison with
the HHB-500. The pre-amps on the 660 are bloody awful; weight and
convenience are the only advantages I can see of the 660 in its present
state. However, if you buy from Oade Brothers, they will modify the pre-amp=
s
but the price of the machine shoots up drastically to around $800 from $425
presently offered on eBay. Oade brothers will tell you also that there is a
3-4 week wait for the modified unit.
If you do a lot of computer editing and don=92t like doing it in real time,
flashcard recording is the way to go and the pmd-660 has the ability of
recording .wav format.
The hiMD option also lets you record in .wav format but it doesn=92t give y=
ou
the facility of phantom power etc but you can transfer (once) digitally as =
a
file.
Save you money and step up to the sound devices 722 if you can. There is
nothing I can say to discredit the machine.
Martyn
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Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
http://www.naturesound.org
Redmond. Washington. USA
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Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:30 PM
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Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re:PMD600 VS. HHB PORTADISC
In a message dated 9/15/2005 11:27:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,=20
writes:
I have the PMD660 and am very pleased with it. I have several 1 gig
compact
flash cards and a CF reader attached to my laptop. Works very well.
SO DO MOST PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE PMD660 IS NOW THE PREFERRED FIELD RECORDIN=
G
MACHINE SURPASSING THE HHB MDP500 PORTABLE MINIDISC RECORDER?
MUCH THANKS FOR ANY COMMENTS AS I MAY NEED TO INVEST IN ANOTHER RECORDING =
MACHINE BEFORE MY NEXT TRIP.
JOHN
John V. Moore Nature Recordings
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"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
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