Thanks Scott. I see no low pre gain issue with the FR2-LE in your
comparison. The file produced by the FR2-LE at full gain, is slightly
more saturated than the Hi-MD's at rec level "26." As with Curt's
test, there's more bottom-end response with the FR2-LE and Scott's
FR2-LE sample demonstrates significantly less hiss than the
Rolls->Hi-MD combination. There's noise in the MKH 30-40-> Rolls->
Hi-MD combo starting as low as 3Khz in Scott's test which I have not
encountered with my NT1-A->Rolls->HiMD tests. Perhaps we'll see if
that is repeated in Curt's test. In this simple A/B comparison, the
FR2LE is considerably darker in the high end than I would have
anticipated. However, the FR2-LE's noise in this part of the spectrum
is so much lower that I would not be concerned even if the pre has
some high Hz roll-off. I've saved the files in case we get a couple
more to corroborate.
The fact the the noise difference is greater between Scott's
mkh30-40->Rolls->Hi-MD and mkh30-40->FR2-LE comparison and my
NT1-A->Rolls->Hi-MD and NT1-A->744T comparison is curious (and
inconsistent), but the Fostex is looking very well suited for our
needs. Rob D.
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At 1:09 AM +0000 5/15/07, scottsherk27 wrote:
>I've been playing around with the FR2-LE and a Sony HiMD. I have
>posted two files of the quietest ambience I could create at:
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>http://www.thethirdbarn.org/Pages/Scott%20Sherk/sounds/tests.html
>
>Certainly not definitive, but it's given me a good sense of the
>different character of the two pre's when used with MKH 30/40 which
>seems to confirm the reported numbers.
>
>(I didn't alter the first two files in any way, and they are rather
>quiet. I decoded the M/S for the second set of files.)
>
>I've been out and about with the FR2-LE, too. It's easy to operate in
>the field, headphone amps sounds fine, knobs are fine, leds on top
>impossible to see in daylight, but easy to see the screen. I'm waiting
>for a 7.2 V 4500 battery cuz this does eat up the AA's.
>
>Scott
>
>
>--- In Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>> Should you have more than one recorder to do an a/b comparison with,
>> you can contribute data by making two fifteen minute recordings back
>> to back in the same place with the same mics and the two recorders--
> > both at Maximum gain. >
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Rob Danielson
Peck School of the Arts
Department of Film
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
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