free advice for Sony and HHB

["oryoki2000" oryoki2000]

Philip Tyler wrote:
>...CF card recorders are the way forward, but sadly
> they are falling at the first hurdle as regards mic pre-amps.

I think the really sad part is that Sony could easily create an
inexpensive WAV and ATRAC recorder with high quality preamps that uses
flash memory rather than minidisc as the storage medium.  Sony already
makes MP3 players and digital voice recorders that use flash memory.

Following the same line of reasoning, HHB should release a new version
of its Portadisc MDP 500 recorder.  This recorder has a stellar
preamp, but it's still using standard minidisc with ATRAC as its
storage solution.  By changing the storage to Compactflash and
improving the rate of quantization to 24/96 or 24/192, HHB could give
the Sound Devices 702 real competition.

--oryoki