I guess a pre-amp is still in order.
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Behalf Of Klas Strandberg
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 3:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: pmd660 dilemma (670?)
A friend of mine just got his M-Audio Micro Track 24/96 and was very
pleased with it.
See http://m-audio.com/products/en_us/MicroTrack2496-main.html
Klas.
At 23:50 2005-10-10, you wrote:
>Have people only had problems with the 670 at the higher gain levels? If
not,
>which CF recorder would you buy? I have some grant money that is slotted
for
>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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- 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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> > "Microphones are not ears,
> > Loudspeakers are not birds,
> > A listening room is not nature."
> > Klas Strandberg
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
email:
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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