I guess a pre-amp is in order.=20
shtankyboy <> wrote:Lower gain levels sound just=
fine. My disgust was driven by the
quality of the recording with the gain pegged out at whatever the
max level is (there're no numbers on the knob). I'm assuming that
this is the issue everyone but me seemed to know about before I
bought it. I do a lot of field recording of tropical forest birds
that I can't see at a fair distance from me, so recording at high
gain is an absolute must for me.
I use a sennheiser ME66/K6, which I think is the type Marantz
recommends- I'd hate to hear what happens with a dynamic mic.
--- In "John Hartog"
<> wrote:
>
> > ...is preamp noise also an issue for the PMD670?
>
> I don't think the PMD670 is considered any quieter than the 660.=20
> But that being said, the 670 preamp noise is not so bad to be
> instantly noticed with disgust. I suspect there might something
> else going on with your 660 ? especially with others mentioning
> problems.
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> What mics are you using?=20
> When I bought my PMD670 a couple years ago, the company I
> bought it from threw in a pair of mics for free. It turned out
those
> mics and the 670 were not at all compatible: the resulting noise
> was a horrible gravelly sizzle. It seemed very odd to me the
> noise would fluctuate along with changes on the display screen,
> for instance I could hear the rec/pause icon blinking. I sent the
> combo to Marantz and they ran a few tests and determined "the
> mics were too hot." Well, I can't say I entirely trust them that
the
> problem was entirely from the microphones. But new mics did
> seem to solve the problem: my 670 works okay with Rode
> NT1-A's.
> -John Hartog
>
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Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
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