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Re: Tascam HD-P2

Subject: Re: Tascam HD-P2
From: "Raimund Specht" <>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 20:10:21 -0000
Rob,

The maximum gain of the HD-P2 is about 6 dB lower than on the SD722. 
I believe that this slightly lower gain is not a problem.

Raimund


> At $1000 vs. $2400, that would be great news form many 
applications. 
> Did you get a sense of comparative gain? The TASCAM HD-P2 specs 
are 
> unclear, stating "Mic Input....max gain: 46.2 dB" which, if true, 
> would be disappointing for nature recording.  One can turn both 
mic 
> pres to maximum with NT1A's/room tone and measure the resulting 
sound 
> file saturations. Rob D.
> 
>   = = =
> 
> At 7:13 PM +0000 12/22/05, Raimund Specht wrote:
> >I received the new TASCAM HD-P2 today. As far as I can tell, there
> >are no audible differences in the self-noise levels of the mic 
pre's
> >between the HD-P2 and the SD722 (I compared them both with a pair 
of
> >Rode NT-1A and a dummy resistor network).
> >
> >My first impression is that the HD-P2 is a very well-designed and
> >affordable recorder.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Raimund Specht
> >
> >Avisoft Bioacoustics
> >http://www.avisoft.com






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Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
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