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According to the preliminary brochure, it appears that the display is also a touch panel to adjust the settings; could be seen as both a pro or a con depending on your preferences. Also noticed that the XLR inputs aren't the TRS combo ones like on the R-44. Not necessarily a deal-breaker but would have been nice to have it. Regardless, really looking forward to seeing how these perform in the field when they're finally available.
You may want to point put other differences as well:- hs-p82 has color screen- hs-p82 has 8 channels of AES input and 8 channels AES output- hs-p82 has 5 sec pre record buffer ( I don't what the r-88 has)- r-88 can record to USB storage- hs-p82 has selectable sample rate converters on the digital inputs (I.e. you can use mode 1 AES-42 mics with the unit w/ external phantom supply)- hs-p82 records to CF (card limits max capacity); r88 to sd where the standard limits capacity (I.e. sdhc has limit of 32gb - sdxc has limit of 2tb (I hope they choose sdxc))
For me, the HS-P82 is WAY too big, measuring 270x260x99mm. The R-88 is a bit smaller, but still fairly large at 260x235x93mm.I'd like to see more 8-track recorders roughly the size of the 680 or the 788.
After running nt222>ad1000>da-p1 back in the day - the hs-p82 is no bother - I love mine and have no regrets with my purchase
Roland R-88 or Marantz PMD661? Please help me decide. My priority are best pre-amp and A/D converter. I should say that the ROland R-88 should be compared to the OADE modified PMD661 ( as I would get that, if I pull the trigger).Cheers, Mauro