Raimund has both 722 and a HD-P2 and reported at the end of the year
that with monitoring comparisons he felt the pre noise was very
comparable with maybe 6dB less gain from the HD-P2. Its unlikely
anyone around here or the university will be getting one I can test.
There's not a lot of discussion in the recording gear sections in
tapers section forum http://taperssection.com about the HD-P2's pre
performance. One post caught my eye that I didn't have time to pursue
adequately, " From what I gathered from Doug is that the Tascam's
specs on paper in regards to noise floor were not impressive at all,
possibly needing a little more work than the 671." Oade is not
providing useful specs for the HD-P2's pre performance under the
product info; their critique might be in their discussion forum. I'm
not questioning Raimund's report, just looking for some
confirmations. Seems like quite a few recordists are still waiting
and hoping a manuf can put a high quality 24 bit digital recorder
together for less than $1000. If I recall correctly, the Fostex F-2
has been confirmed to have high quality front end performance for a
couple of hundred more. Rob D.
Here's a HD-P2 manual:
http://www.tascam.com/Products/HDP2/HD-P2_Eng_1_00.pdf
video of it:
http://media.harmony-central.com/ramgen/119AES/Tascam-HD-P2.rm
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At 2:59 PM +0100 1/5/06, derek holzer wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Steve Cox wrote:
>> If the HD-P2 doesn't introduce any more noise in their preamps it
>>looks as if I'll have some quiet recordings.
>
>I am also curious about this. Seems like the HD-P2 could be a good
>midway point between the MicroTrack (which I can afford but I'm wary of)
>and the SD-722 (which I cannot afford but wish I could!). Anybody
>checked the spec or tested one out yet? Key issues, of course, would be
>preamp noise, ruggedness (shock, humidity, etc) and usability--in that
>order AFAIAC.
>
>http://www.tascam.com/Products/hdp2.html
>
>best,
>d.
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Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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