Topic: Product announcement: SX-R4+ recorder Ready for pre-order

[John Willett]

Looks awesome. Expensive

I wonder why people keep saying it's "expensive" when it's so cheap

I expected a Sonosax to be £10k, not under £4k as it is.

It's way cheaper than a Nagra VI, cheaper than an SD 788T and with more tracks - it's a little more than an AETA 4MinX, but in the lower part of the price bracket of the high quality machines and more tracks than any of the others.

[Ultfris101]

I agree. It's out of the budget for a lot of TS who are coming from a hobby perspective, but from a professional perspective, compare to a SD 788t or 664 and others of that range and capability and it's surprisingly reasonable.

[AB52]

I agree that it is reasonable priced. 

[yates7592]

It does look a damned fine deck and fairly priced. Personally though I don't like the idea of the internal battery, and would prefer the discontinued SX-R4 with its 6/8 (??) AA batteries for power.

[MattH]

This may be cheaper than the older version because of no internal hard drive. It actually only records up to 8 tracks without the outboard 8 channel preamp unit instead of 10 on the regular R4. Also does not have the very handy level led's for each preamp or overload led for analog channels 5 and 6. I am thinking the "introductory price" is 20% less than what regular price will be, similar to the recent year end sale.

[acidjack]

Looks awesome. Expensive

I wonder why people keep saying it's "expensive" when it's so cheap

I expected a Sonosax to be £10k, not under £4k as it is.

It's way cheaper than a Nagra VI, cheaper than an SD 788T and with more tracks - it's a little more than an AETA 4MinX, but in the lower part of the price bracket of the high quality machines and more tracks than any of the others.

Agree--in this range (which is of course very "expensive" for a deck to be used solely by a hobbyist) it's not a bad price at all.

I am curious how the form factor and battery life compare to the 788T.

[H₂O]

I am curious how much the AD8+ will cost - I am guessing around $3500

[EarlG]

Sonosax at NAB 2015, with a photo of their new products!!