Topic: Soundman DR2 issues... can you help?

[fourfingerfunk]

Hi guys and galls, brand new to this forum and my first post.....

I have a Soundman DR2 portable recorder, bought it to use with a pair of OKM II Classic mics... but to be honest the recording quality of the DR2 is awful with a lot of rumbling and background noise - for a recorder advertised as professional, the quality is terribly disappointing.

I did a search on here to see if other users had similar issues but only one thread came up. Has anyone got a link or advice on getting the best from the recorder? I'm suspecting it might be even damaged, but maybe I'm missing something? It really has me perplexed....

Help?