Topic: Tascam DR-70D 4-channel audio recorder for DSLR cameras

[jbell]

Anyone have one of these in hand??

[Jamos]

Anyone have one of these in hand??

I have one.  Ordered it from Adorama and it arrived the next day! 
I haven't had a ton of time to play with it yet, but may be able to snap some photos and/or run some tests today.

Anything specific you'd like to see or know?

[jbell]

Wondering how the preamps sound and size comparisons to other recorders.  Thanks man

Anyone have one of these in hand??

I have one.  Ordered it from Adorama and it arrived the next day! 
I haven't had a ton of time to play with it yet, but may be able to snap some photos and/or run some tests today.

Anything specific you'd like to see or know?

[Jamos]

Here are some photos with a Sony M10 recorder as a comparison.





I do not really like the battery door design.  The plastic cover pops off, but is held to the recorder body by a rubber/plastic keeper that you have to bend & stretch to then access the battery compartment door.  I would guess that this will wear out over time, but who knows.  I wish there were a rechargeable li-ion battery solution that could just live in the compartment.  That would make opening this door way less frequent.  Of course if you use an external battery that would also help.
Here are some photos of it:







As far as sound quality, I think the pres sound very good! S/N ratio seems great, as there is very little hiss or noise even when the preamps are cranked all the way.

[jbell]

^^  Thanks for the photos!!  It is smaller than I thought.  Looks like a nice 4 channel option and I like that is has 4 pres. 

[tfs8271]

I've lost 20 pounds, this should fit down the front of my pants just fine.

[willndmb]

I've lost 20 pounds, this should fit down the front of my pants just fine.

just slide your belt through the red handles haha

[2manyrocks]

Will fit in a man purse.   

[refrain]

A presentation video from Teac/tascam, the thing is really small... in Japanese...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXm-bISojdE

[Cheesecadet]

So did they really omit the medium gain setting on this unit and only have lo, hi, and hi+???

[willndmb]

So did they really omit the medium gain setting on this unit and only have lo, hi, and hi+???

yes, page 14 of the (crappy by comparison dr-60d) manual http://tascam.com/content/downloads/products/867/dr-70d_om_vb.pdf

edit
although i like the form factor better
the drops from the 60 make me glad I have the 60

[ArchivalAudio]

Will fit in a man purse.   

it's called a Murse.... 

[dream]

Jamos, thank you for the info and photos. Is the gain of the inputs shown in numbers on the display when you move the input knobs? The reason I ask is to get equal input input levels for all four inputs easily. My idea is to use the DR-70D as a lightweight recorder for the Soundfield SPS-200.

[Cheesecadet]

Anyone know how much of a jump up in quality the new op amps are from the DR-60DmkII? Is it significant or not so much?

[Chuck]

I'm really looking at this DR-70D but I'm worried about the gain range. Has anyone field tested one with condenser mics to see if the lack of a medium gain setting is going to be a big problem? That one isolated XLR is kind of funky, but not a deal breaker for me. I do like the independent gain controls too. Hopefully the headphone amp is better than the one in the DR-680. The 680's headphone section is awfully noisy.