Re: Small field recorder - clean line input

["Eric Benjamin" ericbenjamin2]

Curt Olson wrote:
>I'm looking for a clean, simple "bit bucket" to capture the line output
>of a Sound Devices MixPre. The recorder's mics or mic pre is not a
>major concern. Is it reasonable to hope that the Zoom H2 can handle my
>needs successfully?

Curt,
I just acquiried a Zoom H2 and took some bench measurements on it.  I'm
sending you a graph directly.  The line inputs are down about 0.4 dB at 20=

Hz, while the mic inputs are down about 7 dB at 20 Hz.  A clear decision on=

the part of the designer to reduce handling and wind noise.  Both inputs ar=
e
down about 0.4 dB at 20 kHz (at 48 kHz sample rate).  The dynamic range is=

about 87 dB on the line input.  I'll have more data later when I have time.

Eric