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I got the Marantz PMD670 (which is the bigger brother of the one for which Hans provided the URL). It's very nice (as I suspect the PMD660 is - and the 660 is much smaller if that's an issue). It is wonderful that there are no moving parts (no heads to clean or wear down, no tapes, no capstands, no wheels, no spinning disks, no transports, etc. etc.). With a couple of 2GB compact flash cards I have over 6 (over 3 per card) hours of recording time at 44.1MHz sampling rate (straight to .wav file). Last weekend I recorded a whole wedding ceremony on battery (there wasn't a handy outlet nearby) using an Audio Technica stereo mic (AT822). The results were very good. When I got home I just popped out the card, popped it into my card reader on the computer (I could have plugged the recorder into the computer but using the card reader is easier) and off I went (copying to the hard drive and editing with Peak). On Mar 24, 2005, at 8:31 AM, armatronix wrote: > This one looks pretty sweet: > http://www.d-mpro.com/users/folder.asp? > FolderID=3629&CatID=19&SubCatID=180 > -Hans > > > Randy Leifer wrote: > >> I've narrowed my choices to 2 so far. >> >> The Edirol R1 and the Tascam DP-01fx. >> >> There is a third option. I COULD buy an el'cheapo >> desktop PC, and put my recording software (Cubase >> SL)on there...but I don't have room for that >> equiptment...and I am close to maxing out my wall >> outlets already. (I have an eight-legged sea creature >> under my desk.) >> >> The Tascam ($499 fx version): >> PLUS: >> --40 gig hard disk >> --eight tracks (see minus) >> --looping/repeat feature(I believe one track at a >> time) --midi sync out >> --upload to PC via USB >> --two phantom powered mic inputs >> MINUS: >> --no battery operation (no field recording) >> --16/44.1 only >> --only two tracks can be recorded "live" at once >> --the "fx" version is 100 bucks more ($399 w/o)good >> for resale value?? >> >> The Edirol ($439) >> >> PLUS: --small size >> --uses two AA batteries or rechargables >> --24khz/44.1 or mp3 >> --small size >> MINUS: >> --uses CF card, 2 gig/some 4gig card$$ >> --comes w/64mb card, must spend more $$ on bigger >> card. >> --no mic phantom power >> --if using the mic jack, must be a stereo mic >> --from what I can tell it ONLY records 24 bit, no 16 >> bit (no manual on-line) >> >> >> that's what I came up with this evening. >> >> =RANDY= >> > > -- | Michael A. Firman | maf@mlswebworks.com | http://www.mlswebworks.com