Well, the DR-100MK11 does not score very high noise-wise on Raimund's compa=
rison chart. The PMD661 looks significantly better there. However, given th=
e specs of the NTG2 with an equivalent noise figure of 18dB is a little noi=
sy for recording quiet settings, you might not see much of a benefit going =
to the PMD661 - then again it might be a perfect match. Let us know how it =
works out.
John Hartog
rockscallop.org
--- In Jelmer Poelstra <=
.> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:32 PM, rock_scallop
> <>wrote:
>
> > A question might be, given the low gain and permanent limiter, is the
> > input noise quiet enough that it still performs well when recordings ar=
e
> > boosted in post production?
> >
> Unfortunately, it isn't quiet enough. I guess I could do some more formal
> comparisons, but it's been all too obvious from yesterday's field
> recordings that after the necessary amplification (at least +10dB), (1) t=
he
> noise profile looks mostly like white noise instead of the natural/normal
> profile strongly biased to lower frequencies (pink-ish noise). and (2) th=
e
> signal-to-noise ratio is much lower than what I'm used to with the Sony.
>
> After some subsequent "noise reduction" in Audition using white noise
> profiles, some of the recordings have eventually turned out ok-ish. Howev=
er
> I don't like to do that too much and the decrease in quality from the Son=
y
> is still dramatic -- my idea was to, if anything, upgrade, not downgrade.=
..
>
> Thanks for the responses so far. My next move after getting some more inf=
o
> will indeed be to try and return this one, and probably get a Marantz
> PMD661 instead. Will post again if interesting things happen.
>
> Best, Jelmer
>
>
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