Topic: New SONY PCM-A10

[flask]

Another PCM-A10 sample of Ryley Walker. https://archive.org/details/ryleywalker2019-01-31

[jerryfreak]

do they still allow open taping?

haven’t heard of anyone open taping them since maybe 96? i still have never met anyone that did open tape them when it was allowed.

yeah the live downloads squelched that i guess. metallica fans prob werent so adamant about pulling an aud when sbds are available

[ThePiedPiper]

I think a valid concern is the longevity of the internal battery over time. Although, I have to believe that in the next 4-5 years something else will come on the market that will grab my attention. If such a device doesn't come out and I'm still using the A10, then I'll just have to have an adapter cable to run this in the field.

But...if this device is still is capable of running at 60% in 5 years, I'd still have 6+ hours of running time.

I get your point though.

True. I think what makes me nervous is that with batteries, all you need to do is pop some fresh one's in. With the internal batteries, if I somehow forget to charge it ... there's little that can be done. I'm a paranoid taper. Lol.

but if you were truly "paranoid", then you wouldn't have forgotten to charge it

While I appreciate your attempt at humor, there is a lot of variables concerning internal batteries that should be considered. While these are rare events, issues like overcharging, false charging, dead cells and improper charging cycles are all real world problems and can cause internal batters to lose a lot of it charge holding capabilities.  External temperatures also affect the charging of internal batteries.  So, like I said, there is a lot of variables and things that could go wrong.  I'll also say that in most scenarios these issues may maybe never happen, but to the 1-in-a-1000 taper who might have an issue due to an internal battery failure ... well they would be 100% screwed.  External batteries is the easiest fix as it's almost always been in a tapers toolbox to bring extra batteries. Just how do you bring an extra internal?

[unidentified]

Run two rigs, including one with replaceable batteries, to ease your concerns.

[gewwang]

Run two rigs, including one with replaceable batteries, to ease your concerns.

seriously...this thing is so tiny, you could stealth two of them in and check the bars on both while setting up and use the one with the higher batt level.

[MakersMarc]

I'm never going to stop fluffing an Oade mod Marantz 620. Pick one up on eBay for $100 and pay $200 for the mod of you choice, this will sound way better than any Edirol, M10,  A10 or any tiny deck. It is tiny too and runs 10 hours on a pair of Powerex.

[gmm6797]

I'm never going to stop fluffing an Oade mod Marantz 620. Pick one up on eBay for $100 and pay $200 for the mod of you choice, this will sound way better than any Edirol, M10,  A10 or any tiny deck. It is tiny too and runs 10 hours on a pair of Powerex.

What makes the 620 so much better than the other decks you mention?  Spec wise? performance wise? etc

[gmm6797]

Run two rigs, including one with replaceable batteries, to ease your concerns.

Who is taking the time to stealth 2 rigs?

[MakersMarc]

I'm never going to stop fluffing an Oade mod Marantz 620. Pick one up on eBay for $100 and pay $200 for the mod of you choice, this will sound way better than any Edirol, M10,  A10 or any tiny deck. It is tiny too and runs 10 hours on a pair of Powerex.

What makes the 620 so much better than the other decks you mention?  Spec wise? performance wise? etc

Doug sent me the specs, after a mod they just blow away the M10 line and mic in. Sound so much better imo. I just don't get running thousands of dollars worh of mics into a cheap stock recorder.

[unidentified]

Run two rigs, including one with replaceable batteries, to ease your concerns.

Who is taking the time to stealth 2 rigs?

If you're worried about taking too much time you've come to the wrong place.

[nulldogmas]

Run two rigs, including one with replaceable batteries, to ease your concerns.

Who is taking the time to stealth 2 rigs?

Me, on several occasions. (Cf. "paranoid," above.)

[gmm6797]

If you're worried about taking too much time you've come to the wrong place.

More of the how do you get in 2 mics, 2 decks, 2 pre-amps... all the cables, etc.  I already over stock for stealthing and not sure I want the metal detectors going off any more than they already do

[nulldogmas]

If you're worried about taking too much time you've come to the wrong place.

More of the how do you get in 2 mics, 2 decks, 2 pre-amps... all the cables, etc.  I already over stock for stealthing and not sure I want the metal detectors going off any more than they already do

I pretty much never go to see shows at clubs with metal detectors. (Would not double up at those, I agree.)

[live2cd]

A track from my Metallica tape from last week

DPA 4023 > Sonosax SX-M2 > Mogami interconnect >
Sony PCM-A10 @ 24/96

https://soundcloud.com/user-499246530/metallica2019-01-28t11

wow cool to see an aud from recent Metallica. I have seen them 4 times on this tour (Columbus, Dallas, Pittsburgh and Cleveland just last week) and haven't taped due to the soundboard FLACs being available for 12.99. I considered taping Pittsburgh (because my seats were in direct line with an overhead hanging speaker), but the sound was really crummy that night, so i would've listened to the board recording anyway, had I taped.

Id love to hear your full recording, tho. Did you share it yet?

[colargol]

I tried my A10 in the field last night for the first time, and both the taping experience and the result were pretty good.

The only thing that really bugs me about the A10-app combo, is that the stop and pause buttons are way too close to the bottom of the screen where I swipe up to close the app. I am worried I might accidentally stop or pause the recording.

I suggested an app lock feature that disables the app stop and pause buttons in my app store review. I hope some of you could do the same, and see if we could get Sony to fix it :-)

-colargol