Hi all-
I'm looking to replace my Sony D10 DAT with an Edirol R4. I have a friend who insists that I need to go with the Pro, but in all my research, I can't see why. I don't need time code, or AES/EBU (that I know of) and sure, and 80G HD would be nice, but I think I can live with 40G. Doug's mod of the R4 is $1000, and of the pro is $2000. Can anyone out there make an argument for the pro? I want to run Nak 300s straight into the machine with no pre, possible/hopefully runing 3 or 4 mics. I'm pretty old school with my rig- I'm not much of a computer person, but have been able to learn what I need to know fairly easily. Nick's review of the R4 solidifies my research, but I just want to be sure that I'm not missing some awesome feature of the pro.
Thanks in advance,
Marisa