i noticed that most alternative recording devices are not taken into consideration seriously here unless they have a digi-in. But honestly who really uses this thing when stealthing?
There are plenty of people stealthing with (mod)SBM-1s and AD20s and therefore using digi-in. Some even stealth with bigger units like the UA5 / V3!
I dont think that there is a big quality difference between analog-in and digi-in anyway.
Depends on the devices in question. IMO, there's a tremendous difference running analog-in v. digital-in on all (yeah, like there are so many!) consumer-level recording devices available. Someone posted a comp recently with the Neuros. Something like...Source 1: V3 digital-out > recorder; Source 2: V3 analog-out > Neuros. The difference to my ears was striking and I found the Neuros downright painful to my ears.
You need to use top of the notch mics and preamps and your recording will sound great.
What Ed said.
Some new gadgets are about to be relased - most will switch to them anywayand not stick to their old JB3 since they seem to bee the better option (PMD-660, R-1 etc).
We all
hope they're better options, but they are, as yet, unproven. Fortunately some of us (but not me) are early adopters of these new units and are giving them the rundown in the field.
In another topic i used the Gmini 220 (analog-in) e.g. and i did not experience any problemes with it when taping. [snip]
Glad to hear you didn't have any troubles. Keep us updated about your experiences as you use the Neuros more. Those who have done so have all - as far as I know - discarded the Neuros in lieu of a recorder that didn't give them problems, whether it be DAT, JB3, etc.
I wonder why there's so little interest in these new devices only because of the lack in digi-in.
User have reported problems with the Neuros introducing artifacts into the recording stream - clicks, pops, dropouts, etc. The JBC suffers additional limitations beyond no digital-in, like the aforementioned 15-min recording filelength limit! Hence, little interest.