Topic: Tascam DR100mkii Review

[OldNeumanntapr]

Some better battery life news.

I ran my Beyerdynamic 930's into the XLR of the DR100mkii, using rechargeable Eneloop AA's, with phantom power on, 24/96, and got just under 1 hr 40 min recording time.

Is that with or without the Li-ion internal battery?

That is without the Li-ion battery. That is using the AA's alone.

When I tested the Li-ion alone I got about 3 1/4 hours with phantom on.

I think about 5 hours on the combination of internal batteries with phantom power is not too shabby.

I looked up the spec sheet of the Beyer 930s and it lists current consumption as 4.6 milliamps. My Neumann KM140s are rated at 2 milliamps, so judging by this I might get even better than 3 1/4 hours with the DR100mkII with phantom power on? That would be nice.

(I just got my DR100mkII and have only done one show with it, using my Beyer MV-100 external preamp.)

[mterry]

Someone buy mine in the YS ::cough,cough::

[rodeen]

Anyone ever have this happen? (see attached photo)  First time out with my brand spanking new DR100mkii, 36 minutes into a fine Tedeschi Trucks Band set and the display went blank.  I had my trusty DR2D running along side so had a backup so I turned of the DR100 and started it up again.  Same thing.  Looked at the memory card when I got home and the bits were saved just fine, only the display went wonky and continues to be blank.  I'm thinking mine is defective from the factory but thought I would ask here first incase there is a simple fix.

[F.O.Bean]

Anyone ever have this happen? (see attached photo)  First time out with my brand spanking new DR100mkii, 36 minutes into a fine Tedeschi Trucks Band set and the display went blank.  I had my trusty DR2D running along side so had a backup so I turned of the DR100 and started it up again.  Same thing.  Looked at the memory card when I got home and the bits were saved just fine, only the display went wonky and continues to be blank.  I'm thinking mine is defective from the factory but thought I would ask here first incase there is a simple fix.

WTF? I don't own one, but I have never heard of that happening to anyone here at ts.com Sounds like you may have a lemon I'd get ahold of where you bought it from and see if you can get a new one ASAP!!!

My best friend tonedeaf has been running one for a couple years now, and I've NEVER seen that happen to his

[rodeen]

I had the DR100mkii attached to Steve's old V3.  Must have been the V3 that caused it 

I've only had the deck for a week or so.  It'll be going back to Amazon for a replacement.

[dallman]

I had the DR100mkii attached to Steve's old V3.  Must have been the V3 that caused it 

I've only had the deck for a week or so.  It'll be going back to Amazon for a replacement.

I was sitting next to rodeen last night and I'd definitely say it was Steve's fault 
Seriously, it was odd and likely a bad deck. It recorded fine too. At first  when Rick showed me, I thought he had found some new magical low pro button..."no, I'm not recording, see the screen is blank", but he couldn't make it come back, so the euphoria was short lived. 

[yug du nord]

Nice job having a backup deck rolling Rick!! 
Great show I'm sure!   
Blame it on the monkeys....  they're always up to something.   

[rodeen]

What's funny is I never run a backup deck but I recently added a GAKable V3 analog > 3.5mm to my arsenal and wanted to give it a try.  Ted's fine work saved my recording.  TTB were stellar as always.

[F.O.Bean]

What's funny is I never run a backup deck but I recently added a GAKable V3 analog > 3.5mm to my arsenal and wanted to give it a try.  Ted's fine work saved my recording.  TTB were stellar as always.

What mics do you have? Or what did you run that night? I love TTB too, so id love to hear your recording

[rodeen]

I ran my Neumann SKM-184>V3>DR2D.  Tracking it right now.  Watch for Cliff's KM-185>SD>DR100mkii?.  Can't wait to hear the 184's and 185's side by side.  His DR100mkii worked flawlessly.  I knew I should have brought my Microtrack instead!! 

[F.O.Bean]

I ran my Neumann SKM-184>V3>DR2D.  Tracking it right now.  Watch for Cliff's KM-185>SD>DR100mkii?.  Can't wait to hear the 184's and 185's side by side.  His DR100mkii worked flawlessly.  I knew I should have brought my Microtrack instead!! 

That's awesome. I can't wait to comp those two sources too

When you say 185>SD, do you mean an SD MP2 or exactly what pre?

[rodeen]

SD USBPre2 with those damn taper porn lights on the front!

[F.O.Bean]

SD USBPre2 with those damn taper porn lights on the front!

Yea those are some taper pron lights. My old 722 had cool lights too

[rodeen]

Here are links to my pull:

LMA: http://archive.org/details/ttb2013-06-19.km184.flac16
bt.etree: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=564845

Hope you like it!

[F.O.Bean]

Here are links to my pull:

LMA: http://archive.org/details/ttb2013-06-19.km184.flac16
bt.etree: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=564845

Hope you like it!

Thanks! sounds killer!!!