Topic: Marantz 671 in the field...

[F.O.Bean]

i believe i already asked this but, if the ACM mod is done to the 671, would the digi-in still be ACTIVE seems like hes only doing shit to the analog side, so i doubt the digi-in from the v3 would be a problem

i would love the cheaper price of the MT, but this things seems so damn user friendly, and with the mod its a no-brianer and the pre-record of 5-10 seconds or whatever is PRICELSSS for those sets that you start 2 seconds too late

[Chuck]

i believe i already asked this but, if the ACM mod is done to the 671, would the digi-in still be ACTIVE seems like hes only doing shit to the analog side, so i doubt the digi-in from the v3 would be a problem

i would love the cheaper price of the MT, but this things seems so damn user friendly, and with the mod its a no-brianer and the pre-record of 5-10 seconds or whatever is PRICELSSS for those sets that you start 2 seconds too late

I placed my order today. It's on it's way.
I have high hopes

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

i believe i already asked this but, if the ACM mod is done to the 671, would the digi-in still be ACTIVE seems like hes only doing shit to the analog side, so i doubt the digi-in from the v3 would be a problem

Bean, my unit only has the basic concert mod and I'm very satisfied with the results.  If you'd like I have some samples. I haven't ran the V3 in front yet, haven't really felt like it was needed.

Only samples so far:

Gov't Mule 6-22-05 Promowest Pav, Columbus, OH CMC641's > 671
Gov't Mule 7-03-05 Grand Targhi Ski Resort, WY 4022's > 671
Les Claypool 7-18-05 Odeon, Cleveland, OH CMC641's > 671

My Claypool is incomplete, the last couple songs are digital static (white noise) I'm thinking I powered down the recorder on accident somehow corrupting the last file.

[F.O.Bean]

i believe i already asked this but, if the ACM mod is done to the 671, would the digi-in still be ACTIVE seems like hes only doing shit to the analog side, so i doubt the digi-in from the v3 would be a problem

i would love the cheaper price of the MT, but this things seems so damn user friendly, and with the mod its a no-brianer and the pre-record of 5-10 seconds or whatever is PRICELSSS for those sets that you start 2 seconds too late

I placed my order today. It's on it's way.
I have high hopes

congrats, and +T chuck !

I plan to be on the same team

[F.O.Bean]

I plan on getting the stock, and when i have a few more funds, im gonna bite on the ACM

whats the price of the stock? BCM? ACM?

how much is the ACM mod after you buy the 671 and wait a few months

Thanks,
Bean

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

I plan on getting the stock, and when i have a few more funds, im gonna bite on the ACM

whats the price of the stock? BCM? ACM?

how much is the ACM mod after you buy the 671 and wait a few months

Thanks,
Bean

Basic Concert Mod is $975 on Doug's site.  You might want to wait out that new Tascam, thier DSD unit has the same A/D chip as the V3, who knows, they might use it in thier newer flash recorder. (pure optimistic speculation)  I've heard prices thrown around as low as $875-$950.  It looks like a nifty unit.

[Chuck]

I plan on getting the stock, and when i have a few more funds, im gonna bite on the ACM

whats the price of the stock? BCM? ACM?

how much is the ACM mod after you buy the 671 and wait a few months

Thanks,
Bean

Stock PMD 671 from Doug $850 shipped. ACM moded approx $1200.
Doug is telling us we can send in our stock units when the parts come in for the ACM. The price of the mod will be the difference between the final price for the ACM and $850. I struggled with whether to get the stock unit, and decided that the added time to get familiar with it was worth it. I have the La Crosse charger on it's way with a bunch of 2500 mHa AA's to power it.

All I need now is a decent pre-amp to use in front of it for a couple months...

[F.O.Bean]

I plan on getting the stock, and when i have a few more funds, im gonna bite on the ACM

whats the price of the stock? BCM? ACM?

how much is the ACM mod after you buy the 671 and wait a few months

Thanks,
Bean

Basic Concert Mod is $975 on Doug's site.  You might want to wait out that new Tascam, thier DSD unit has the same A/D chip as the V3, who knows, they might use it in thier newer flash recorder. (pure optimistic speculation)  I've heard prices thrown around as low as $875-$950.  It looks like a nifty unit.

id like the all-in-one box tho, and I always had an ear for the oade mods, so to have a true all-in-one, would be pretty cool, and keep the v3 as well

stock 671 is fine for now

the tascam does look nice tho, just no oade sound, prolly the same sound as the dap1, except the ad chip that you said was the same as the v3

[F.O.Bean]

I plan on getting the stock, and when i have a few more funds, im gonna bite on the ACM

whats the price of the stock? BCM? ACM?

how much is the ACM mod after you buy the 671 and wait a few months

Thanks,
Bean

Stock PMD 671 from Doug $850 shipped. ACM moded approx $1200.
Doug is telling us we can send in our stock units when the parts come in for the ACM. The price of the mod will be the difference between the final price for the ACM and $850. I struggled with whether to get the stock unit, and decided that the added time to get familiar with it was worth it. I have the La Crosse charger on it's way with a bunch of 2500 mHa AA's to power it.

All I need now is a decent pre-amp to use in front of it for a couple months...

got a link to the la-crosse charger+batts

i may just stick w/ the NIMH 9.6v's, im really not sure how im gonna power this thing yet

its so convenient to power everything from the same battery setup

anyone know how much juice this thing sucks

[Chuck]

I figure, at the very least, I'll have a recorder that will do the job for a good number of years. The Microtrack seems like a toy to me, I viewed the JB3 the same way. It's not Pro stuff.

If the ACM mod for the 671 is like the ACM mod in the 660, I know I'm going to like it. If for some reason I want to have a different sound, I'll get an analog pre to run in front of it.

[Chuck]

I plan on getting the stock, and when i have a few more funds, im gonna bite on the ACM

whats the price of the stock? BCM? ACM?

how much is the ACM mod after you buy the 671 and wait a few months

Thanks,
Bean

Stock PMD 671 from Doug $850 shipped. ACM moded approx $1200.
Doug is telling us we can send in our stock units when the parts come in for the ACM. The price of the mod will be the difference between the final price for the ACM and $850. I struggled with whether to get the stock unit, and decided that the added time to get familiar with it was worth it. I have the La Crosse charger on it's way with a bunch of 2500 mHa AA's to power it.

All I need now is a decent pre-amp to use in front of it for a couple months...

got a link to the la-crosse charger+batts

i may just stick w/ the NIMH 9.6v's, im really not sure how im gonna power this thing yet

its so convenient to power everything from the same battery setup

anyone know how much juice this thing sucks

http://www.thomas-distributing.com/la_crosse_products.php

This thing is the bomb as far as chargers go. It gives you the condition of each individual battery, so you know when you go out, if they are fully charged and how much capacity they have. Doug recommended it.

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

anyone know how much juice this thing sucks

The DC input is 15 volts, I'm running it on an Eco - 12v without any problems.  If you have the 8 NiMH bats in the unit, you can swap power without interruption.  I swapped the unit from wall-wart power (with AA's inside) > the SLA > then took out the AA's > put them back in > unplugged the SLA > plugged the wall-wart back in without interruption.  I tried it a few times in different orders to see if the unit would flake out, but it switched power without any audible or visible defects in the wave-form.   I don't think I'd reccommend below 12v, but who knows.

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

This thing is the bomb as far as chargers go. It gives you the condition of each individual battery, so you know when you go out, if they are fully charged and how much capacity they have. Doug recommended it.

When I was buying my 671, we were talking rechargables, I mentioned that one to Doug and he ordered one to check it out.  It's pretty cool once you know what you're doing with it.  I still like my Maha MH-C401FS a little better, it's idiot proof. (I need that)

[Chuck]

This thing is the bomb as far as chargers go. It gives you the condition of each individual battery, so you know when you go out, if they are fully charged and how much capacity they have. Doug recommended it.

When I was buying my 671, we were talking rechargables, I mentioned that one to Doug and he ordered one to check it out.  It's pretty cool once you know what you're doing with it.  I still like my Maha MH-C401FS a little better, it's idiot proof. (I need that)

I had it narrowed down to the La Crossse and the MaHa 401FS, but went with the geekier of the two. I may pick up the MaHa as my second charger.

The results of your powering test on the 671 is very good news. +T

[F.O.Bean]

anyone know how much juice this thing sucks

The DC input is 15 volts, I'm running it on an Eco - 12v without any problems.  If you have the 8 NiMH bats in the unit, you can swap power without interruption.  I swapped the unit from wall-wart power (with AA's inside) > the SLA > then took out the AA's > put them back in > unplugged the SLA > plugged the wall-wart back in without interruption.  I tried it a few times in different orders to see if the unit would flake out, but it switched power without any audible or visible defects in the wave-form.   I don't think I'd reccommend below 12v, but who knows.

nickspicks said doug said that 9v was cool as well, in fact, i think thats how nick is powering his at the moment

id ideally like to know how much juice is being sucked tho, mewaning how much amps its consuming