Re: [gear] Sony announces PCM-D50 field recorder, $600

["Lou Judson" inaudio]

Line in and out have optical I/O.

The price of the phantom adaptor is two or three times what it should 
be, but looking at the specs it is really a nice unit - transformer 
balanced, true 48V from 4 AAA cells. 20 - 50k, +8 max level...

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On Oct 10, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Bruce wrote:

> Thanks Oryoki,
>
> This new sony unit looks nice. Except for the lack of phantom power
> and XLR input (a $500 option), Sony stick media, and 16-bit
> performance, the display looks nice, battery life is good. I thought
> at first it had a SPDIF input to bypass all their less than stellar
> internal microphones and A/D converter, but I am not sure by the way
> they descibed it in the manual. Can anyone figure out if it has SPDIF
> input/output? With all these new portable recorders coming out, I am
> surprised more of them don't offer a SPDIF, digital input.
>
> Bruce Rutkoski
> Natureguy Studio