Topic: Sony PCM-D100

[H₂O]

Looks like a Japanese seller posted a "Presale" on ebay at a nice $1300 - They list the D50 for $650 - I doubt and definitely hope this isn't remotely in the ball park for a guess of the street price  around $700) in the US - which is way out of the reasonable range IMO

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-SONY-Linear-PCM-Recorder-D100-PCM-D100-Music-Player-F-S-EMS-/151134043330

[kleiner Rainer]

well,

to put things into perspective: the WM-D6C I bought in `84 would cost me now 800€.
Seen this way, the D100 looks like a bargain, considering sound quality, battery life and the built-in mics.

Greetings,

Rainer

[H₂O]

The D8 I bought in  2000 was $650 + 100 for extended warranty + 100 for an digital cable  so I know what entry level costs where back in the day


I am just saying that I am hoping the sell it for under $500 as that seams more reasonable to me

[Mike Davis]

Has anyone figured out if the D100's Line In and Line Out jacks are strictly Mini-TOSLINK, or are they each a combination 3.5mm TRS (analog) and Mini-TOSLINK, as seen on some Mac gear and elsewhere?   

I'm hoping it's the latter, as I want to use a 3.5mm TRS analog Line Out.  The fact that the jacks are labeled with "(OPT)" only makes it clear that they are, at the very least, Mini-TOSLINK.

Mike

[page]

Has anyone figured out if the D100's Line In and Line Out jacks are strictly Mini-TOSLINK, or are they each a combination 3.5mm TRS (analog) and Mini-TOSLINK, as seen on some Mac gear and elsewhere?   

Unless it's vastly different than the D50, then they are combo jacks like on the macs.

[Mike Davis]

Hey, that's great!

Downloading the D50 manual, I can see that its Line In and Line Out jacks were indeed combo (TRS/Mini-TOSLINK) jacks and they're even labeled the same on the D100.

So, I'd have to agree, the D100 is highly likely to have combo jacks.

Thank you

Mike

[F.O.Bean]

The D8 I bought in  2000 was $650 + 100 for extended warranty + 100 for an digital cable  so I know what entry level costs where back in the day


I am just saying that I am hoping the sell it for under $500 as that seams more reasonable to me

I bought my Sony D8 back in 1997 from good ole Terrapin Tapes, and it was like $700+ plus an in/out digi cable that was $150 plus Eco charge batteries to power my 480 rig plus the D8 So this isn't that bad of a price

[H₂O]

I bought my Sony D8 back in 1997 from good ole Terrapin Tapes, and it was like $700+ plus an in/out digi cable that was $150 plus Eco charge batteries to power my 480 rig plus the D8 So this isn't that bad of a price

The price for admission into taping has dropped significantly from 10+ years ago - where you needed $900 or so to start w/o mics
Now you can get in for $200-300

Korg had to drop the price of the MR-1 and MR-2 to the $200-300 range to move any units - I just don't see Sony moving a lot of these unless they make it price competitive to the D50

The mics do look like the maybe better

[F.O.Bean]

I bought my Sony D8 back in 1997 from good ole Terrapin Tapes, and it was like $700+ plus an in/out digi cable that was $150 plus Eco charge batteries to power my 480 rig plus the D8 So this isn't that bad of a price

The price for admission into taping has dropped significantly from 10+ years ago - where you needed $900 or so to start w/o mics
Now you can get in for $200-300

Korg had to drop the price of the MR-1 and MR-2 to the $200-300 range to move any units - I just don't see Sony moving a lot of these unless they make it price competitive to the D50

The mics do look like the maybe better

VERY significantly!!!!! $500 now gets you an M10/CA14(Cards/Omnis)/9100 or 9200

[dogmusic]

I think this Sony model looks really good.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesleewhittle/10151742373/

[F.O.Bean]

How much data is written in say, a 2 hour set? 4 hours?

I run 24/44 at festies and most shows. If the set is going to be less than 2 hours, i'll sometimes run 24/96. I would imagine it's a decent jump in data, right? To compare 2 hours at 24/96, which is 4 gb. How much gb is 2 hours at highest resolution on this d100 and DSD in general?

[F.O.Bean]

I'm really contemplating running 2 of these D100s and keep an M10 for SBD patches That's the ONLY possible place in the chain I would consider switching it up. Record in DSD HIGH-Res, and just burn those raw for when I can actually hear it in high-res! And just make 24 and 16bit files just like I do now for easy distribution!

[H₂O]

How much data is written in say, a 2 hour set? 4 hours?

I run 24/44 at festies and most shows. If the set is going to be less than 2 hours, i'll sometimes run 24/96. I would imagine it's a decent jump in data, right? To compare 2 hours at 24/96, which is 4 gb. How much gb is 2 hours at highest resolution on this d100 and DSD in general?

2.8MHz DSD or DSD64 file size is about 20% bigger then 24/96

[F.O.Bean]

How much data is written in say, a 2 hour set? 4 hours?

I run 24/44 at festies and most shows. If the set is going to be less than 2 hours, i'll sometimes run 24/96. I would imagine it's a decent jump in data, right? To compare 2 hours at 24/96, which is 4 gb. How much gb is 2 hours at highest resolution on this d100 and DSD in general?

2.8MHz DSD or DSD64 file size is about 20% bigger then 24/96

Thanks H20 Thats not too bad of an increase of data written at all IMO I could make that work! I thought that the Korg units went up to 1bit 5.6mHz Does this Sony only go up to 1bit 2.8mHz

Thanks,
Bean

[yates7592]

Ouch...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-SONY-Linear-PCM-Recorder-D100-PCM-D100-Music-Player-F-S-EMS-/151134043330#ht_1919wt_971