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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: Chanher on October 21, 2004, 03:16:55 PM
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saw this at Oade boards.
Here's the DMC Xclef 500:
http://www.digmind.com/store/index_500.html
mini-optical input, supports wav, 0-100 gig HD option, and usb 2.0 transfer
and the DMC 800:
http://www.digmind.com/store/index_800.html
same features but 20-40 HD option, much smaller (2.6" x 3.9" x .86") smaller than an ipod.
now the question is bit accuracy....
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Does it support recording in .wav format? I am only seeing that it will play .wav's for "audiophiles"
price looks really good though.
Here's what it says about recording:
"Yes, MP3 encoding at selectable quality (32kbit/s - 320 kbit/s). Dual analog/digital input S/PDIF (IEC958) port (optical mini plug)"
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Does it support recording in .wav format? I am only seeing that it will play .wav's for "audiophiles"
price looks really good though.
Here's what it says about recording:
"Yes, MP3 encoding at selectable quality (32kbit/s - 320 kbit/s). Dual analog/digital input S/PDIF (IEC958) port (optical mini plug)"
good question, they're unclear, but it salso ays"
"Digital Audio Format : MPEG 1,2,2.5 Layer3 (8-320Kbps.Vbr), WMA (32-192Kbps), ASF, WAV and Ogg Vorbis
Sampling Frequency : 8 - 48KHz"
damn, I think I'll email them and I'll let you guys know.
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DOH!!!!
found this in the faq:
"The DMC players are capable of recording encoded MP3 files only. High-quality recordings are easily achieved by setting the encoding bitrate to 320 kb/s."
bullshit...
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bummer. good lookin out though... something's got to come along soon! +
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"and an analog/optical line-in so you can digitally record from any source at up to 320 kb/s."
Maybe my math is off, but isn't this below what is necessary for 16bit/44.1k recording (705.6 kb/s)?
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Rival, indeed. ::)
;D
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so close yet so far
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Sent them an email asking if they could release firmware to allow wav recording. Probably nothing will happen, but we'll see.
Edit: Got a response back stating there were no plans to support wav recording
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Edit: Got a response back stating there were no plans to support wav recording
There never is...
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I saw it today when Slashdot had an iPod killer story.
They now have a 'Will it record to WAV' entry on their FAQ page. (answer: no)
It seems to me that recording to WAV would be easier than MP3...oh well...
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There is only 1 rival to the JB3 as far as wav recording goes: Neuros.