Re: PMD 660 Dilemma. test recordings

["mike_rosenlof" <>]

Yes, very interesting samples.  Which of the Oade mods are we
listening to, the basic or the advanced?

I think the most significant problems with the 660 are that the
preamps are a bit noisy, which tells me to use high output mics, but
at the same time, the preamps also don't have a lot of headroom which
means the high output mics get clipped.

To my ears the clipping sounds much worse than the hiss.

There is a sweet spot combination of mic sensitivity and source
loudness where the noise is low and the input isn't clipped.  **All
preamps will have this sort of sweet spot.**  The 660's seems pretty
narrow, compared to my Sharp minidisc, for example.  If the Oade mod
makes this sweet spot wider, it's a good thing.







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