Now that I think about it, I actually did use the R-1's internal mics when I was testing battery life - I sampled the recording to make sure there were no artifacts or anything, and I didn't hear what you are describing. Maybe yours is bad?
That's what I'd like to know, and that's why I wrote this post about what may look like a bug or not. (I don't focus on the word, if it's not appropriate I'll choose another word next time. Just let me grab my dictionary. Sorry if I'm not really clear at all times, I'm not really at ease when writing in English.)
first, wtf are you doing using the internal mics running at maximum gain and worrying about fidelity...if you are worried about fidelity
1-use better mics and locate them remotely from background noise sources
2-use an external pre
etc.
That's what I do when I want to record something valuable!
But when I want to push the R-1 to its own limits -- because I'm curious about the limits of the gear I bought -- I check everything I can, even those crappy little internal mics at maximum gain
second, you mention in your own post that you've "never encounterd a perfectly silent one yet" and then go on to call it a device-related bug.....
I meant "silent"
in this situation i.e. in the R-1 with internal mics. I didn't mean "silent" in any device, nor outside the device (though a CF card outside a device is painfully quiet
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Sounds like you moved to another unit, so this info isn't much help to you, but I thought I would put in my two cents.
I appreciate your two cents. I won't move to another device, the R-1 with my external preamp fits perfectly my needs.
i suppose one way of looking at it is maybe edirol should have thought about that problem and made the case much larger just to move the internal mics further away from the other components...would you be happier then? with a device that was 2-3x longer just to move those POS internal mics to a quieter spot?
Ha ha ha. I should have known.