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Re: Soundman Professional Digital Recorder DR2

Subject: Re: Soundman Professional Digital Recorder DR2
From: "Klas Strandberg" klasstrandberg
Date: Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:20 am ((PDT))
The iRiver's which I have tested have had pretty good inputs, so why 
not this one?

Klas.

At 06:37 2007-04-17, you wrote:
>Kim Cascone wrote:
> > Soundman DR2...
> > anyone had a chance to check out this unit?
>
>The Soundman DR2 is scheduled to be released to the public in May, so
>no one has formed an opinion from hands-on experience.
>
>The DR2 has a microphone input. That's pretty unusual for an
>inexpensive (about $200) recorder these days.  Most have line in only.
>  The mic input also can supply plug-in power for mics, although this
>probably will drain the single AAA battery pretty quickly.
>
>The DR2 appears to have 2GB of internal Flash memory only, and no
>removable memory.  So recordings will need to be transferred to a PC
>after 3 hours of 16/44.1 WAV recording.  Most of the time this will
>pose no problem, but for an extended outing, it's probably not enough
>memory.
>
>It remains to be seen how noisy the DR2's preamps are, and how
>difficult it is to manipulate the user interface to create recordings.
>
>--oryoki
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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>
>
>

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