Topic: talk me out of buying an R-09 since I already own an H120

[ozarkbilly]

i would buy the Marantz pmd620, i owned the r-09 and just never liked the feel and construction, the marantz is a solid build, better jacks and nice preamp, no bb needed, run the mics straight into the mic in with no problem and the price is similar, i paid 345 shipped w/ a 2gb card

Man how tiny is that thing?  From this pic that I found it looks even smaller than an h120

http://flickr.com/photos/indianaracing/2240360255/in/set-72157603848752865/

[aaronji]

i would buy the Marantz pmd620, i owned the r-09 and just never liked the feel and construction, the marantz is a solid build, better jacks and nice preamp, no bb needed, run the mics straight into the mic in with no problem and the price is similar, i paid 345 shipped w/ a 2gb card

Man how tiny is that thing?  From this pic that I found it looks even smaller than an h120

http://flickr.com/photos/indianaracing/2240360255/in/set-72157603848752865/

A tiny hair smaller than the R09 (PMD620: 102*62*25, R09:  102*63*29)...

EDIT:  Also pretty similar to the H120 (105*60*19), but a little thicker (6 mm, about 1/4").

[ozarkbilly]

sweet!  +T for the size specs 

[ozarkbilly]

You haven't mentioned the rest of your rig. Do you have external mics + BB/pre/AD already, or which are you planning to pick up?

/J

I've picked up a used CA ST9000 & set of CA cards, and I have decided to stick with just the H120 for now.  I think I'll probably pick up the R-09 in the future, but for now I'm just going to enjoy what I've got and see what kind of results I can pull.  +T's going out for all the advice/input 

well, so much for this idea.  I've got a twice-used R-09 with no reported issues on the way from ebay.