Date: Thu Jul 2, 2009 1:55 pm ((PDT))
Thank you Marinos for you kind and informative help.
Some good stuff there to think about - so the quality of the Fostex pre-amp=
s would make a difference to recordings do you think?
Say if I was to record some forest ambiance with some Rode NT1-A mics, with=
both recorders, do you think the recording would be much difference?
Or is would I be nitpicking over something like this??
I could handle a slightly bigger unit if the recording was better.
But I can see the Marantz has some good extra features - if the Fostex stop=
s recording at 2Gb, a quick search on the internet means that's about a 2 h=
our recording 24bit/48.
Mmmmm.... some interesting stuff Marinos - much appreciated.
Ian
--- In Marinos Koutsomichalis <=
.> wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> Actually I had the same dilema almost 2 months ago...
> I chose the marantz one, due to its flexibility mainly..
> but I do not exclusively with nature subjects so my criteria might
> be different than yours..
>
> but here is a resume of my conclusions :
>
> The Fr2-le is supposed to have slightly better pre-amps, that' s for
> sure one plus
> The 661 is definitely more robust
> The 661 can be used as a handheld device (though it' s big if
> compared with say the microtrack) and it also features
> really good build-in microphones - so it' s a flexible choice if you
> also need a unit to carry with you all the time
> the fr2-le can' t be used that way - it also has no miniplug line
> input that you may find useful (the 661 has that and I use it to plug =
> my binaurals so it' s really a plus for me..)
> the fr2-le (as discussed in previous posts) will stop recording after =
> the maximum file size is reached (2Gb) while the 661 will just
> continue on a different file.
>
> I can' t think of sth else in the moment.. They are really good
> choices both of them,
> I really love the 661 and I am definitely happy with this, but if I
> owned sth say like sony d-50 I would go for sth like the fr2-le due
> to the quality of the pre-amps..
>
> If you live in the Us, there is a company that upgrades these
> machines (doug O...sth or sth like that) so you can combine all the
> pluses of the pmd-661 with quiter pre-amps but I live in europe.....
>
> hope I helped
>
>
>
> On 02 =CE=99=CE=BF=CF=85=CE=BB 2009, at 9:56 =CE=9C=CE=9C, =
.. wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Hello all!
> >
> > My first post! :)
> >
> > It's also my first recorder that I will be buying. I'm new to field =
> > recording and after much research on the internet and on this forum =
> > I think I have narrowed it down to these two. (as these are both
> > within my budget)
> >
> > I will be recording mostly nature recordings, ambient sounds and
> > samples.
> >
> > I notice that the low floor noise of the Fostex is mentioned quite
> > frequently. Does this mean that if I am recording quite delicate
> > sounds, that the Marantz may give off more noise, or hum??
> >
> > Any thoughts on these models would be fab - or are they both much
> > of the same, so I should just go with the smaller, lighter Marantz??
> >
> > As a newbie, any help is greatly appreciated,
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Ian
> >
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