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Re: Re: pmd660 dilemma (670?)

Subject: Re: Re: pmd660 dilemma (670?)
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:50:07 -0600
Have people only had problems with the 670 at the higher gain levels? If no=
t,
which CF recorder would you buy? I have some grant money that is slotted fo=
r
this but now question whether the 670 is the best choice...


Quoting Lew Proudfoot <>:

> I guess a pre-amp is in order.
>
> 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.
>
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> --- 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.
>> 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.
>>
>> What mics are you using?
>> 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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