The H4 has surprisingly good inputs. But it is awkward to handle and
it seems as if the new firmware doesn't solve that it synthesizes
sounds of it's own.
People are rebuilding it, adding expensive condensors to try to clean
up the phantom power, but not all of them are successful.
Here is a good site which I got from Anders:
http://www.2090.org/zoom/bbs/viewforum.php?f=3D15
Klas.
At 15:31 2007-02-01, you wrote:
>Hello
>
>Thanks for the insight.
>I'd be interested to know how it compares with the way cheaper Zoom
>H4, which has fantom power.
>
>All the best
>
>geoffroy
>
> >
> > I've just received a Nagra ARES-M, Nagra's smallest, lowest-cost
> > recorder and the first Swiss/Chinese collaboration for them. See:
> >
> > http://www.nagraaudio.com/pro/
> >
> > Right off it's just the right size and has all the features nature
> > recordists need, including quiet PIP preamps (critical tests to
> > follow).
> >
> > It has a serious defect in the mounting of the 3.5mm jacks (mic, line
> > in, headphone, line out) a little below the surface of the case
> > (.75mm for the inputs, 1.2mm for the outputs) so that the plugs don't
> > insert far enough to lock securely. I think I'm going to have to
> > grind down the plastic around the jacks.
> >
> > The human interface is fine but not very intuitive; the learning
> > curve is steep but short. There are very helpful things like
> > pre-record buffer (only 2 seconds max) and ten presets for mic types
> > and levels. Loading a preset includes a default gain setting for that
> > mic, and record gains can be locked, something that would be useful
> > for survey work.
> >
> > The menu for the set-up of the presets is intentionally a bit hard to
> > get to; I think the idea is that an engineer sets it up and hands it
> > to a reporter who isn't that technical.
> >
> > There's a bewildering array of choices of encoding schemes, all
> > 16-bit max; PCM, MP2, MP3, and weird phone encodings like u-law.
> >
> > Tested so far with its snap-on stereo mic (looks like M-S, Nagra USA
> > supplies it with the lower-noise Sennheiser capsules, not the stock
> > model), Shure WL-183s, and Telinga EM-23s. Sounds great with all of
> > them.
> >
> > I'm really busy right now, so if Rob Danielson has time to do
> > comparisons before I do, I'll be happy to ship it out. Rob?
> >
> > -Dan Dugan
> >
>
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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>
>
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