yesterday i used my mz-rh1+bbox+mm-hlsc-2 sennheiser cardioids for taping a small club blues session on line-in.
i used manual level control and pushed the levels up to -2db to 0dB at 28/30 on my manual gain control.
at a big indoor arena 15/30 is a good point to start with using the mz-rh1.
at the same time i taped with my iriver and the sp-cmc-8 cardioids and the result was much worse than the sony mz-rh1+sennheiser combination, which had more bass and generally more power behind...almost sounds like a soundboard recording
compared to the rockboxed iriver h140+sp-cmc-8 card+bbox.
the mics where placed 1cm from each other on the left and right side of my jackets collar, so this should be a good comparison.
now i´m a bit confused because actually the iriver was my favourable recording device until yesterday....
could it be that the A/D converter of the sony HI-MD recorders are better than the irivers H120/H140s A/D?