ok...625 new...but unavailable.
vs. $1300 for the v3. if the Oades still had them, it would ber a no brainer.
you certainly CANT GO WRONG with a V3. it will hold its value, for sure.
the UA5s....now a rarity...might even go up a little in value depending on demand.
imagine that.
the V3 is the casts ass, and if money were no object i'd own one still. I had the pleasure of running a lot of mics through mine. ST-250, MK4, 480, 4022, 414s, 4071s, 140s and an AKG binaural head. it brought the best ouf of each.
Wish my R4 sounded 1/2 as good.
lets hear it for the V4. a V3 w/a CF slot perhaps? or a super fat 72000rpm 3.5" hdd.
here's hoping. Doug was just dreaming about the CF slot in his forum yesterday. Wouldnt that be the bomb?
I'll through another option at you.
the fostex FR2. Tell Doug to build you one that sounds like a v3..or a 148 like Carls does. he can do it. that box offers A LOT of options for him to tinker his magic into. Pick up a 5gb pcmica hdd and happily record at 24/48. why not? not much more than a v3 (w/o the opti mod). And then you get the best of all worlds. great features, nice monitoring, good level control, robust build quality. can't go wrong w/that either.