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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #30 on: April 16, 2015, 11:49:04 AM »
Just got shipping confirmation from B&H. Should arrive tomorrow and just in time for the weekend. Can't wait! ;D

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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #31 on: April 16, 2015, 05:35:17 PM »
Of course, you're going to have to do a head on preamp comparison with your 70d. 

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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #32 on: April 16, 2015, 06:46:11 PM »
Of course, you're going to have to do a head on preamp comparison with your 70d.

No problem, I'm running a matrix for a local band tomorrow night with AT4050's onstage (split omni). I'll run the 70D for the first set and 680 for the second. Any other requests?
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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #33 on: April 16, 2015, 07:41:46 PM »
Fantastic. 

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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #34 on: April 17, 2015, 02:22:04 PM »
oh yeah
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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #35 on: April 17, 2015, 03:24:49 PM »
A bit of bad news as far as external power goes--the MKii uses a smaller size external adapter.  The one for the MKi doesn't fit.

OD 4.75mm x ID 1.7mm (adapt-a-plug size C) seems to fit the best. 

OD 4.0mm x ID 1.7mm (adapt-a-plug size B) also worked but was not as snug as the C.
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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #36 on: April 17, 2015, 03:26:38 PM »
WTF?

Why change it to something smaller, the old one worries me enough about being robust enough not to break.
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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #37 on: April 17, 2015, 03:41:29 PM »
Yeah, someone once yanked on my friend's 680 while it was plugged in and now the jack is messed up to where he can't jiggle the cable the littlest bit or it looses power so he has to tape the cable in position.  I learned this the hard way when I went to get patch out of it and it shut off as I was trying to plug in some rca cables.  Luckily it was a local band but I felt bad for doing it. 

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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #38 on: April 17, 2015, 04:27:34 PM »
I guess Tascam's supplier changed the connector when they upgraded the power unit--change in connector is unexpected.

I wanted to verify whether the mkii can be cascaded with an original 680 and emailed Tascam several weeks ago, but haven't received a reply.   So I'll just keep my $.   

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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #39 on: April 18, 2015, 01:33:30 AM »

I wanted to verify whether the mkii can be cascaded with an original 680 and emailed Tascam several weeks ago, but haven't received a reply.   So I'll just keep my $.

Tom Duffy from TASCAM confirmed this a while ago. It works, no problems.
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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #40 on: April 18, 2015, 03:53:51 AM »
can you cascade two units..one master to two slaves? Pulled the trigger from amazon... it'll be here tomorrow...

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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #41 on: April 19, 2015, 01:20:30 AM »
Of course, you're going to have to do a head on preamp comparison with your 70d.

Here are 3 samples from last night. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9oym08ytp67wf7v/AABn0JR0ZsjM7hUVLVn1V9SVa?dl=0

Mics were mounted on a railing/splash gaurd about 30" above the stage lip and split 7'-8' apart.

The only change I made is raise the levels a few dB in post.

I have a hard time differentiating between the 2 recorders, which speaks well for the 70D. Let me know what you think.
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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #42 on: April 19, 2015, 11:12:15 AM »
£140/195E at Thomman:

http://www.thomann.de/gb/tascam_dr_60d_mkii.htm

Considering that this is exactly what I paid for a secondhand mki a couple of months ago, I'm a little bit gutted...

Absolutely love mine though - I've already saved countless hours that would have otherwise been spent on time-stretching etc.
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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #43 on: April 19, 2015, 02:35:27 PM »
https://m.thomann.de/gb/tascam_dr_680_mkii.htm?ref=msg_a_0

689€ or 497£ for the 680mk ii

The 60d is what you linked too
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Re: Tascam DR-680 MKii
« Reply #44 on: April 19, 2015, 02:37:10 PM »
The 60d is what you linked too

Sorry - wrong thread  :-[
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