Topic: PMD 660 or Edirol R-1 (which one is better)

[kmageau]

Hey all,
    I am having a tough time deciding on which one of these two recorders I should buy. I am new to taping but I am technologically inclined. What I need is some personal recommendations, pro and cons. That sort of thing. Most of the recordings I will be doing will be from a Soundboard feed till I get some goos mics.

Thanks,
Keith

[nickgregory]

there is a thousand threads on these in these forums...use the search function at the top of the page

[Mike R.]

Most of the whining I've heard about the PMD-660 (including from me!) has been about the mic preamps.  Line in on a stock 660 has worked just great for me.  I just got an ADV mod 660 from Oade.  It's not perfect, but it's a lot closer to perfect than the stock unit.  I've gone from "I can deal with this", to feeling that it's pretty good.

[pfife]

PMD-660 = 16bit.
R1 = 24bit.

(I think...)

[zowie]

Most of the whining I've heard about the PMD-660 (including from me!) has been about the mic preamps.  Line in on a stock 660 has worked just great for me.  I just got an ADV mod 660 from Oade.  It's not perfect, but it's a lot closer to perfect than the stock unit.  I've gone from "I can deal with this", to feeling that it's pretty good.

Mrosenlof - did you find that the mod made any difference on line-in recording?

[aberg]

I would say if you're just doing sbd recordings for now, I'd go with the R-1 as it's smaller, cheaper, and is more easily powered for longer times.