TASCAM DR-08, DR-2d and DR-680 noise tests

["Raimund" animalsounds]

Hi,

I just received the new Tascam records and measured their noise floors:

http://www.avisoft.com/recordertests.htm

As expected, the preamplifiers of the DR-680 exhibit the same good noise pe=
rformance as the HD-P2. Unfortunately, the DR-08 and DR-2d fall behind the =
DR-07 and DR-1.

All these new recorders provide an AUTO REC mode, which allows to record on=
ly as long as a user-defined threshold is exceeded.

As Oryoki already pointed out (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerec=
ordists/message/40135), the DR-08 additionally provides a TIMER function th=
at allows to record for a pre-defined time period.

Regards,
Raimund