Hello, I´m new at this board, so please welcome me!
My old R90 MD is about to die and I need a new recorder.
I like the concept of the new Hi MDs, but I do not like the fact that SONY are making it hard for their customers upload a writable WAV.
The iRiver 120 looks good, but i do not like the fact that iRiver are using their customers as beta testers. People are complaining about glitches, filelimits, lack of record meter etc.
The Creative JB3 seems to be a good choice, but now I have some things to clear out:
My Sony R90 MD was used together with a simple, home soldered 9V battery box and a pair of Panasonic WM60 binaural capsules hidden in an old pairs of ear buds for maximum stealth abilities, I just hang the mics at my chest and nobody is expecting anything strange. Even if this is a pretty chep setup the sound is very good.
When taping with the above equipment I plugged the battery box into the mic in and sat the levels to 8-9 of 30 to get a good volume at a normal (pretty high) rock concert. I have never tried the line in at a concert, but in front of my stereo I had to push the line in meter to the bottom (30 of 30) to get the same volume as 9 of 30 at the mic in.
Now to the questions:
Will my mics/battery box work fine with a JB3?
Can I get a proper rec volume or will the volume be to low?
Does the JB3 support mic in recordings?
Are there any other good choise for me?
The JB3 seems fine, but it is a little big as I want to use it as a "walking around"-player also!
Thanks in advance,
Olof