Topic: Marantz PMD 671 announced (on Oade)

[spreetaper]

i'm still gonna hold off until a HD based 24 bit recorder comes along, that is reasonably priced.
this flash card b.s is lame, imo.  don't y'all think we will get what we need within a year anyway? 

hard drives= get hot.. get corrupted.. crash..
dont like too much vibration...

sounds like fun to me :-)

its suggest u reformat pretty frequently HD's or CF cards when you are using them for taping
i dont know many people who have had problems with CF cards..they are pretty solid.. i can give you endless stories of people having problems with hard drives

and sure better stuff will come along thats a given... but how many tapers would actually wait a whole year when plenty of good products are coming out now that can do pretty much all we need...

[F.O.Bean]

some feel that HD based recorders are going to have problems because of (1) heat, (2) vibration, (3) moving parts...

all that being said, I ran a 722 on the floor of a club in a bag, where it got warm, and the floor bounced up and down all night, and I had no issues....

true that, last nite the duo was BUMPIN and i was stage lip, MAD vibrations and NOTHING, great tape, no heat/vibration issues

and ive been running the jb3 for over a year SOLID w/ no issues really(knock on wood)

so yeah, i ideally would like to have a digi-in 24/48,96k 80GB HD and solid as hell just like the 722, but w/ out the pre/ad side of it, and under 1k or around it:)

imagine how small that would be

[JasonSobel]

on the site, they mention a couple of times: "Dramatically upgraded microphone preamps" compared to the PMD-671.  I wonder just how good the mic inputs will sound.

[Rick]

hard drives= get hot.. get corrupted.. crash..
dont like too much vibration...

sounds like fun to me :-)

For all the poeple running a JB3 it hasn't been a problem. I also tend to think the poeple at Sound Devices know what there doing when it comes to field recording. If Hard Drive recording is such a problem, why do all the high end field recorders use them? 

Still though, if I had a V3, I would not get the 722. I would get the PMD-671

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

Still though, if I had a V3, I would not get the 722. I would get the PMD-671

I recall that the 671 is larger than the 722, which could make the difference in a stealth situation. 

I could not find battery capacity information for the 671, but the 722 will run about 4 hours without a battery swap.  That was an advantage over the other devices I considered while I was impatient for SD to release the product.

Also, I have an 80G drive in my 722.  None of the CF-only devices will ever keep up with the 722 storage capacity.  I realize that seems like a mute point once CF capacities hit 8 gig.  But imagine going on tour with a recorder that never needs to be emptied until tour is done.  For someone really worried about vibration, there are HD form factor high density solid state drives that will fit in the 722 drive bay, but they are hella pricey.  By the time 8G CF cards are cheap, there will be 240G drives for the 722.  Thats all of tour and the openers at 24/96.

These are just some other data points to consider.   I haven't run my V3 since I got the 722 but I'm holding on to it until I have more time with the 722.  If I like V3 better, I will use it for open taping situations.  The 671 looks like a sweet box.  I guess it remains to be heard if the 671 front end is competative with the 722.

If smaller size and higher stoarge capacity isn't a requirement, the 671 looks like it will be in the section a lot this summer.

[F.O.Bean]

tour?phish is done, jerry's dead, whats left to tour

thats why i lovethe jb3, i can do 6-8 shows EASILY onto it

[nickgregory]

tour at 24/96...right now, the options are limited in that arena...

and there are a handful of bands out there worth following right now...

[Govt Mule]

$849.95 from Oade
not yet availible should be in sometime this month.

[F.O.Bean]

$849.95 from Oade
not yet availible should be in sometime this month.

NICE!

[caymanreview]

not a bad price. looks like this might be what ive been waiting for. i bet i grab one of these shortly

[krebsy]

This thing is tempting me more with every new bit of info that comes to light.  To be honest, I'd be fine running 24/48 or even 24/41 until media prices get more realistic. I better start saving my pennies!!

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

That's a good price with the memory you should come in below 1400.


Bean,  I would tour panic or mule if I had time off work.  Even though there are plenty of artists I like, for me it's as much about hitting the road as seeing a particular band these days.  If I could get a three weeks away, I would find a band or map out three weeks of driving and just hit different bands everynight.  At least, thats part of my justification for the 722 ;-)

[Brian Skalinder]

If Hard Drive recording is such a problem, why do all the high end field recorders use them?

Because when properly maintained - despite that they all fail some day - HDs are still pretty darn reliable, and it's the most cost-effective way to include massive storage space.  Care to guess how much it would cost to buy 40GB worth of CF cards? <sup>*

*</sup>Of course, one could use maybe 8 GB of CF cards and simply transfer to a laptop or some other device as they fill up, but not everyone has the luxury of, nor wants the hassle of schlepping around a lappy in the field

[nickgregory]

agreed, solid pricing...about $50 less than I thought it would come in....hopefully will drive some more tapers to 24 bit....makes more great tapes for all of us to enjoy

[Ed.]

i wonder if there'll be away to attach a microdrive to it or some of the options pdAudio uses...seems like this will be a popular machine in the futuere tho.