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Re: Extreme budget recorder wanted - advice?
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2007, 02:18:06 AM »
So can anyone comment on the sound quality of these original Nomad Jukebox's? Sounds like it could be a good option given my budget.

Oh, and in my case, I'd want to do the conversion from HDD to flash because I've had two HDD's fail on me just outside the warranty period on new players, and I don't trust my luck to not kill the HDD in an old one. Compactflash is cheap, anyhows.

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Re: Extreme budget recorder wanted - advice?
« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2007, 07:01:19 AM »
the sound quality running analog in is "eh" ... at best.
if you can use some sort of external preamp and not use the decks gain structure, you'll be ok.

the iRiver sounds better.  Same price for the most part...why would you go JB3 over that?

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Re: Extreme budget recorder wanted - advice?
« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2007, 07:51:18 AM »
I'd love to go for the iRiver, but they're as rare as hens teeth here in Australia, and quite expensive by the time they've been shipped from the USA....and they go for about $180-$220 AUD, which is right on the outside of my budget. And they're HDD based, which I've mentioned a few times now is a definite downside. The Nomads at least can have the harddrives swapped quite easily.

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Re: Extreme budget recorder wanted - advice?
« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2007, 10:06:42 AM »
Aaaahhh..., down under.  I can understand.
well, go w/whats available.  worst case, sell it back to ts.com
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or, just wait for an iriver to pop up for sale here.

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Re: Extreme budget recorder wanted - advice?
« Reply #19 on: August 09, 2007, 12:29:15 PM »
At any rate: I have microphones, I have preamps, battery boxes, etc, etc, etc. All I need is something portable to record to. Preferably, I would like a flash based MP3 player that has a decent line in recording ability (flash based is important, becos my last two have been lost to HDD failure), simply because I need a new MP3 player too, and getting the cash for both would be far easier if they were one and the same. And preferably it would be reasonably cheap. And available in Australia. Other alternatives I would accept include MD or Hi-MD, but only at a cost <$150

I don't think you can get anything flash based out of the box (that can record lossless) for less than $150.

But since you mentioned HI-MD, you can find units on Ebay, selling for less than US$80, in Australia:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320143227145

Read more about different models here:
http://www.minidisc.org/part_Hi-MD_Sony.html

Perhaps that's the best for your budget, if you're dead set against HD-based.
But personally I'd get a JB3, or save some money and get a H120. Frequent backups after each gig is the key.

BTW, JB3s can be had for around US$110 incl shipping to Australia too, if you look around! A better deal than going Hi-MD, unless you're concerned about stealthing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120147842867

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Re: Extreme budget recorder wanted - advice?
« Reply #20 on: August 14, 2007, 05:19:21 PM »
A big thanks to junonato, who sold me a Net-MD (yes, I know, no digital transfers, no PCM, shorter recordings...doesn't worry me in a first half-decent recorder) for $25 USD. Hi-MD still woulda been over twice the cost after shipping - this way, I can spend the rest of my money on other bits and pieces (like a decent sound card to drive my rig back here....at the moment, that's a decided weak link.)

Actually, to hijack my own thread - are there any decent budget USB/Firewire sound cards for <~$100 USD?

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Re: Extreme budget recorder wanted - advice?
« Reply #21 on: August 14, 2007, 05:43:24 PM »
in the mail today, by the way, customs declaration says a gift worth ten bucks!

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Re: Extreme budget recorder wanted - advice?
« Reply #22 on: August 14, 2007, 06:23:55 PM »
this way, I can spend the rest of my money on other bits and pieces (like a decent sound card to drive my rig back here....at the moment, that's a decided weak link.)

Actually, to hijack my own thread - are there any decent budget USB/Firewire sound cards for <~$100 USD?
m-audio comes to mind right off.
 m-audio audiophile, while last I heard it was a MSRP of 250$ I have heard of them being bought for 140~ I found a few places that is selling it around 130 actually but they are in the states..
Why does the sound card need to be USB? for a laptop?
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Re: Extreme budget recorder wanted - advice?
« Reply #23 on: August 15, 2007, 02:57:25 AM »
Hmm. That's a little high.

Doesn't really need to be external, just that I like the idea of having everything analogue away from the EM in the case.

I don't need anything flash - no need for surround outputs, no need for any processing gizmo's....just a nice clean line in and a nice clean line out.

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