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Subject: Re: Travel friendly recorder
From: "David Darrell-Lambert" daviddarrellla=
mbert
Date: Fri Oct 2, 2015 4:07 pm ((PDT))

thats great news, thanks for the info

David Darrell-Lambert
Director
Bird Brain UK Limited
Suite 11908
20-22 Wenlock Road
London
N1 7GU

Company reg 06660127

Mobile 07977 407 550
Mobile 07500 373 256
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> On 2 Oct 2015, at 20:34, Scott Hughes  [naturerecordists]=
 <> wrote:
>
> David,
>
> I have had the Marantz PMD-661 MKII for a couple years now. I have used i=
t to record evrything from quiet nature environments using the onboard mics=
, as well as a RODE shotgun microphone -- to very loud live music environme=
nts.  I am very satisfied with the quality of the hardware, the durability =
and the sound. It turns on quickly. I like that it uses rechargable AA batt=
eries as well. I highly recommend that unit.  I had a Tascam DR-100 as well=
, I returned it after 3 months, it had stopped working, the switches and co=
ntrols were finicky and failed.
>
> Hope thtis helps,
> Scott
>
>
> On 2015-10-02, at 6:35 AM, "David Darrell-Lambert  <=
> [naturerecordists]" <=
oups.com <>> wrote:
>
>> 
>> Thanks for the reply, I think I will head down the Marantz route
>>
>>
>> David Darrell-Lambert
>> Director
>> Bird Brain UK Limited
>> Suite 11908
>> 20-22 Wenlock Road
>> London
>> N1 7GU
>>
>> Company reg 06660127
>>
>> Mobile 07977 407 550
>> Mobile 07500 373 256
>>  <>
>>
>> www.birdbrainuk.com <http://www.birdbrainuk.com/>twitter.com/birdbrainuk=
 <http://twitter.com/birdbrainuk>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 2 Oct 2015, at 02:31, Klas Strandberg  <tel=
> [naturerecordists] < <mail=
to:>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi David!
>>>
>>> All recorders providing phantom power will work with the PRO8.
>>> Weight, size, price and battery consumption are important matters.
>>> Without personal experience of the Roland R-26 recorder, I have
>>> learned to be a little suspicious about all low price recorders with
>>> lots of options. The H4n is also a very competent recorder, if you
>>> look at the number of options.
>>> Looking at pictures of the Roland, it looks like the channels have
>>> separate gain controls?? If so, it will be really a bother to aim
>>> with the Telinga and manage the controls at the same time.
>>>
>>> Both of my H4n=B4s have stopped working, my Tascam DR-100 has a broken=

>>> XLR input on one channel, but so has my FR2LE. It is really hard to
>>> give you a good advice, (except SD recorders) but I have never heard
>>> a bad word about the Marantz PMD-661.
>>> My best regards and I hope you are lucky choosing the best recorder
>>> for your purpose.
>>>
>>> Klas.
>>>
>>> At 09:34 2015-09-15, you wrote:
>>>
>>> >Next year I'll be travelling to America and am looking at getting a
>>> >more travel friendly recorder to my Fostex LE. I use a Telinga pro
>>> >8 mic. I also have a Zoom H4N but find it eats up batteries quickly
>>> >and takes a long time to turn on. Any suggestions? Will the Roland
>>> >r26 work with my Telinga?
>>> >
>>> >Thanks
>>> >
>>> >David Darrell-Lambert
>>> >Director
>>> >Bird Brain UK Limited
>>> >Suite 11908
>>> >20-22 Wenlock Road
>>> >London
>>> >N1 7GU
>>> >
>>> >Company reg <tel:06660127>06660127
>>> >
>>> >Mobile <tel:07977%20407%20550> 07977 407 550
>>> >Mobile <tel:07500%20373%20256>07500 373 256
>>> >< <m("birdbrainuk.com","david");">>>=
dbrainuk.com <>
>>> >
>>> >www.birdbrainuk.com <http://www.birdbrainuk.com/>
>>> ><http://www.birdbrainuk.com/ <http://www.birdbrainuk.com/>>twitter.com=
/birdbrainuk <http://twitter.com/birdbrainuk>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
>>> S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
>>> Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
>>> email:  <>
>>> website: www.telinga.com <http://www.telinga.com/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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