I use a MixPre and a Sony MZRH1 and I, like Curt, find the results are
excellent. I have a CS3 case which the MixPre sits in and the MZRH1
sits in the front pocket. Which for me makes a neat set up.
Draw backs, the MZRH1 battery but my iPhone backup battery
will power it quite happily. The only other drawback is you have to use
Sony's own software to download the files. But to be fair this has never
been an issue.
Phil
On 18 Mar 2009, at 13:55, Curt Olson <> wrote:
Thanks for this, oryoki,
For perspective, I've been using a MixPre (tape out) > Zoom H2 (line
in) for a while now as a second recording rig. This combination is
fantastic. The only negatives I find are: 1) I wish the H2 was a bit
slimmer; 2) by its very nature, this setup is not as neat and tidy as
a single unit would be. Notice how nit-picky these complaints are?
Great sound quality, and the whole shebang gives decent recording
times from four AA batteries. Exactly how long depends on a host of
variables, of course, and battery usage of the two units eventually
gets out of synch. (Okay, so there's one more nit-picky complaint.)
Curt Olson
oryoki wrote:
> Sound Devices recorders (702, 722, 744t, and so on) are excellent
> field recorders by any criterion. They're also expensive. Hoping
> to find a less costly alternative, I compared the preamp of the 702
> recorder ($1875 USD) to the Sound Devices MixPre preamp ($665 USD)
> using Sound Devices' published specifications.
>
> My conclusion: Compared to the MixPre, the 702 provides small
> improvements in most categories. I have attached the comparison
> below.
>
> Whether the 702's performance improvements will be audible in a
> recording made in the field is another matter. If you have used the
> MixPre (or its predecessor, the MP-2) and a 7xx recorder, please
> tell me about your experiences! Thanks.
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