Topic: taping with a muvo2 4 gig?

[charades]

i was perusing amazon (i have lots of spare time) and i saw that the nomad muvo2 by creative was 200 dollars. it had a 4 gig capacity and was portable, etc. and i knew the old nomads could tape concerts at 44.1kHz/16 (or even higher? i think..). yes i know they were battery drainers and stuff. but its better than spending a lot of money on a portable DAT like a d8 or m1, which isnt even supported by major manufactuers anymore..

so onto my point, i want to be able to record lossless shows.
i have access to a nice pair or neumann caps and phantom power, but i need a device to record it to.
i was reading their site, and there is firmware upgrades which allows the muvo2 to record. it says "voice or fm" recording functionality....
i want to know if it can a) record via the 1/8th out headphone jack...(like if i can put my mic -> preamp -> muvo, and have it record) and b) if it can record at 44.1 kHz/16 bit...

if anyone knows, it'd be a great help if they could tell me
and you'll be helping the community out in the long run since i'll be taping shows for it ;-P (i was going to tape the vines/jet/living end/neon show at avalon in boston, but alas, no recorder, so couldnt.)

thanks

[Simp-Dawg]

for $179 or less get a refurb 20GB jb3 off of ebay, proven to record 16bit and up to 48khz...muvo is not proven to do anything and only 4gb is pitiful.

[charades]

the 4gb is tiny, so it's far easier to stealth, though
and dont the JB3's eat batteries like mad? I hear it only gets 20 minutes of run time...

[mgleason007]

the 4gb is tiny, so it's far easier to stealth, though
and dont the JB3's eat batteries like mad? I hear it only gets 20 minutes of run time...

I don't know where you heard that.  For recording you'll get about 3 hours out of each battery, 11 for playback.

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

The Creative site has no technical specs on the Muvo 2, making me think that they 1) don't want people to know, 'cause then they'd see that they were paying $400 for something that a $100 MP3 player could do, or 2) they are counting on people being dumb.

So I did Googled:

http://www.mp3shopping.com/english/creative_nomad_muvo_2.htm

This page has specs for the Muvo 2 4 gig.  

It does NOT support WAV, it has no input jack, and the only way to get info on or off is the USB.  At $400, I could buy 2x Nomads...

T

[Brian]

yeah go with the JB3. don't mess with that muvo POS. also for all the info on jb3 just search the site. I think after reading the first thread you'll want the jb3

Brian

[mgleason007]

i want to know if it can a) record via the 1/8th out headphone jack...(like if i can put my mic -> preamp -> muvo, and have it record) and b) if it can record at 44.1 kHz/16 bit...

There's no way you can record INTO an OUTPUT jack.