Topic: Marantz 671 in the field...

[Nick's Picks]

I wouldnt cheap out.  spend the extra hundred and get the super fancy silk caps in the ACM.
I bet that fucker will sound like a V3 w/o the cool lights, but w/a CF slot.

if Only Mike Grace would slap one of those in "the next gen" Lunatec....i'd sell off my children for one.

[Brian Skalinder]

if Only Mike Grace would slap one of those in "the next gen" Lunatec....i'd sell off my children for one.

For posterity.  Counting on your Future Tapers of America to follow the proper path. 

[F.O.Bean]

if Only Mike Grace would slap one of those in "the next gen" Lunatec....i'd sell off my children for one.

For posterity.  Counting on your Future Tapers of America to follow the proper path. 

 

[Nick's Picks]

well, I hear they need labor in China to build cool new tube amps.

[TenoRichards]

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.

I use a walmart 9v 5400mah on my 671 AND mic2496. I split the juice out of it with a y splitter from RatShack and one goes to the pre and the other to the marantz. I have never run out of juice before turning off at 5hours.

[Chuck]

Well...
Yes, indeed the price for the Oade Advanced Concert Mod on the PMD 671 is $450. I will have mine on Wednesday...
The RCA inputs will still work and Doug recommended they be used for line level signals.
He also told me the input knob is an attenuator, so it is best to run it higher rather than lower on the scale (~7-8 is what he said)
He said it may be nessessary to use the onboard pad for very load shows. This is probably microphone dependent.

For me, the wait is almost finally over... 

[Kevin Straker]

joined team 671 today. I'm just getting the stock model right now. I'll front end it with my V3 anyways . I think I'll send it in later this year when the wait isn't so longfor the ACM mod. Doug says it's around 3 weeks on the wait right now. Not too long, but I have some stuff that needs doing first.  I also ordered a 4gb transcend 120X card that should be here soon.

[Nick's Picks]

hope that transend card works.  these decks are picky

[Kevin Straker]

hope that transend card works.  these decks are picky

I'll let you know. Someome else told me that they have used them with no troubles in a MT. Needless to say, I hope it works.

[Nick's Picks]

Marantz doesn't make the MT though.

[sygdwm]

The RCA inputs will still work and Doug recommended they be used for line level signals.

great news.

He also told me the input knob is an attenuator, so it is best to run it higher rather than lower on the scale (~7-8 is what he said)
He said it may be nessessary to use the onboard pad for very load shows. This is probably microphone dependent.

hmmm. w/ the brick, i usaully run it at 10' o clock or so(3-4 i think). recordings sound good to me. w/ the v3, ill be able to dial it in better, but it'll be tough to tells what sounds "better". an a/b comparison would be interesting, but not very scientific.

[esteyes]

i can TOTALLY vouch for the 7 or 8 setting on the 671. (maybe check the earlier thread on the 671 for my comments) i run a shure fp33 and had clipping issues. talked to doug and went from 3 or 4 to 8 and switched from the pro +4db output on the shure to the unbalanced -10db consumer out and all my clipping problems went away. may not matter anyway as i went and ordered a sony DMX-P01 today...
http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/DisplayModel?m=0&sm=0&p=10&sp=84&id=69151

neil in san marcos

[Chuck]

as i went and ordered a sony DMX-P01 today...
http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/DisplayModel?m=0&sm=0&p=10&sp=84&id=69151

neil in san marcos

WoW... that looks cool!
Let us know how you like it...

[esteyes]

as i went and ordered a sony DMX-P01 today...
http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/DisplayModel?m=0&sm=0&p=10&sp=84&id=69151

ups sez it will be here friday WOOOHOOO!!! i love new toys! gonna take it to derek trucks on fri the 24th

neil in san marcos

[Chuck]

Well, I got my ACM 671. Testing it now.
Doug put a "Performance Enhanced" sticker on the top, which is kind of cool.

Maybe it's time for a new thread...  we're at 25 now...