Re: [gear] Fostex FR-2LE field recorder $500

["Rob Danielson" danielson_rob]

At 2:49 AM +0000 7/14/06, oryoki2000 wrote:

>  It will be very interesting tohear the quality of the preamps in 
>the FR-2LE!  At this point, nobody
>knows.
>
>--oryoki
>

You'd think a manufacturer would figure this out.  The integrated 
circuit with pre and ADC in the Hi-MD that we just discussed cost 
Sony well under $6/unit (as Klas observed, long ago). The FT-2LE's 
pre should have excellent noise performance and high gain if the unit 
is designed by a skilled audio engineer with an understanding of 
field recordists needs (as Dan observed, long ago). XLR phantom 
powering, USB 2.0 uploading, 24 bit recording-- these features are 
clearly worth $200 more. I'm still not that crazy about spending so 
much money on recording media, or having to constantly off-load in 
the field. I'd much rather have an internal 40 or 60GB 2.5" drive. 
Rob D.