Topic: Marantz 671 in the field...

[sygdwm]

chuck and i use 8 powerex NiMH rechargeable AA's. run time is 4-5 hrs. i havent tried anything else though.

[aberg]

chuck and i use 8 powerex NiMH rechargeable AA's. run time is 4-5 hrs. i havent tried anything else though.

It takes 8 at once? Are these the 2500mah ones and is that 4-5 hours with phantom on?

[sygdwm]

yes, 8 at once (it comes w/ a sled). 2500mah. i dont use phantom. i run a pre in front.

[Chuck]

chuck and i use 8 powerex NiMH rechargeable AA's. run time is 4-5 hrs. i havent tried anything else though.

It takes 8 at once? Are these the 2500mah ones and is that 4-5 hours with phantom on?

Yup, 8 at once. I have 2500 mHa, and 2300 mHa. I made an outboard battery pack that I can exchange on the fly when the internal batteries start dying. There's a picture of it somewhere here... What's cool is the thing will keep recording when you plug and unplug the battery packs. i just bought some more 2350 Mha batteries used from someone here. (You can never have enough juice  )

[aberg]

chuck and i use 8 powerex NiMH rechargeable AA's. run time is 4-5 hrs. i havent tried anything else though.

It takes 8 at once? Are these the 2500mah ones and is that 4-5 hours with phantom on?

Yup, 8 at once. I have 2500 mHa, and 2300 mHa. I made an outboard battery pack that I can exchange on the fly when the internal batteries start dying. There's a picture of it somewhere here... What's cool is the thing will keep recording when you plug and unplug the battery packs. i just bought some more 2350 Mha batteries used from someone here. (You can never have enough juice   )

I think a 9V walmart would probably work since 8x1.2v from the NiMH's is 9.6v.... so a 5400mah 9V would run that badboy for a long ass time. I'd like to see someone try that.

[Chuck]

I do believe I read that someone here is using one of those. I sold mine with my Mini-Me.

[spyder9]

I bought a 4GB Kingston based on a conversation I had with Doug. I haven't had any problems either.
That Amazon SanDisk price is very good... I may be getting one of those soon...

Be careful on that Amazon Sandisk.  Its Sandisk's slowest cf card.  The Extreme and Ultra are faster.

UPDATE:

Sandisk Standard 20x
Sandisk Ultra II  66x
Sandisk Extreme III  133x

[Chuck]

Outboard AA battery and cable I made for the PMD 671.
The outboard battery holder I got cheap somewhere. The cover for it I got at Walmart. It's a cheap cell phone holder.

[Chuck]

I bought a 4GB Kingston based on a conversation I had with Doug. I haven't had any problems either.
That Amazon SanDisk price is very good... I may be getting one of those soon...

Be careful on that Amazon Sandisk.  Its Sandisk's slowest cf card.  The Extreme and Ultra are faster.

Thanks for the heads up...

[aberg]

Outboard AA battery and cable I made for the PMD 671.
The outboard battery holder I got cheap somewhere. The cover for it I got at Walmart. It's a cheap cell phone holder.

Oh, so is that a 4pin that plugs into the 671? I thought it just had a regular DC plug jack.

[Nick's Picks]

its a regular barrel plug, "B"  is the RS part size.

it runs on anything between 9-15v.
I ran mine w/a walmart 9v@ 5500mAh and it ran forever.

[aberg]

Is there a HUGE difference between the BCM and ACM?

[Nick's Picks]

dont know.  I have not heard either.

[spyder9]

Is there a HUGE difference between the BCM and ACM?

Here Andrew, this will answer your question:

http://www.oade.com/digital_recorders/hard_disc_recorders/PMD-671MODS.html

[aberg]

Is there a HUGE difference between the BCM and ACM?

Here Andrew, this will answer your question:

http://www.oade.com/digital_recorders/hard_disc_recorders/PMD-671MODS.html

Thanks Dan, yeah.. I've read that page a bunch of times, but those descriptions aren't that great. What I really wanted to know is if someone has heard both and could comment on the sound... I guess most poeple haven't even heard either of these since they're fairly new.