Topic: Marantz PMD-671 vs. Tascam HD-P2

[OOK]

Thats it , its time to make a decision... I am so psych'ed....I just ordered my HDP2/8gig ultra2 from Frank at cascade media.....I have offically entered the 24bit recording relm...

Frank is seriously cool to deal with....highly recomended

That is so weird - I just talked to Frank yesterday about the Tascam and he said they did not carry 8gig cards....
how much did he get you for  - esp the card - since he said they don't have them

Out of respect for Frank I won't publically post his prices he quoated me...but I will say this if your serious about buying he will give you the best price he can.  But to answer the questions regarding the 8gig card, he does not have them in stock but is willing to order them if you are interested in one.  I went for it because there is no sense in doing 24/96 unless you have atleast 4 hours of recording available on the CF card.  So I enquired about the 8gig card and when he said he could get I went for it.....

[Kyle]

very cool - he willl def be getting my business when the time comes....

[F.O.Bean]

very cool - he willl def be getting my business when the time comes....

[kirk97132]

Bought mine from Frank recently too.  But, I'm lucky I live near by and have known Frank for years.  Jeff, one of his employee's, is also a good friend and a taping buddy of mine.  He recomended the P2 and I am totally happy with it.  Flawless operaton the first time outa the box, but I would recomend reading the manual.  Franks pricing rocks and why not buy from a fellow taper!  I stealthed the Subdudes with a set of Sen 441's and the pre's sounded good to me.  Easy to read display, easy to navigate menu's, kinda cheesy cords on the ac power supply.  I wrote to Tascam about it but have yet to recieve a reply.  I am thinking of going lead acid for DC power.  New alkaline's get you about 5 hours but thats it, and at 8 batteries a pop that can add up.  Happy to pas on the subdudes show to anyone interested in hearing it, but I ran it at 16/44.1 not 24.96.  Taking it out tonight and gonna run 24/96 and see if I can tell the difference.  Kirk

[spyder9]

Anybody have test times for the P2 with rechargeables?  Wondering if you get longer run times with them.

[OOK]

Anybody have test times for the P2 with rechargeables?  Wondering if you get longer run times with them.

John Merrin has...If I recall he was getting 5 1/2 hours...at 24/96........Not bad for one show..its more than enough time.

[spyder9]

Cool!  I bet 7 hours at 44.1/16, would be a safe guess.

[OOK]

Its on its way  I will have it monday 4-24...........

[Chuck]

Congrats... It's a good piece of gear. Let us know how you like it.

[esteyes]

here is one source for 8G cards
http://www.onsale.com/onsale/shop/detail~dpno~505818.asp

not a fostex owner (i do have a 671) and i kinda doubt sampling rate will affect battery life. i can say that it does not with my 671. headphone use is the biggest consumer and then backlighting and phantom power for my unit.

neil in san marcos

[jmerin]

that is the same 8 gb card that i have and it works great,

[coloartist]

I didn't see anything in this thread about a 2 gb limit.

Is this not an issue with both recorders?

I could use the MT as the backup, since my JB3 is getting older.

[JasonSobel]

I didn't see anything in this thread about a 2 gb limit.

Is this not an issue with both recorders?

I could use the MT as the backup, since my JB3 is getting older.

both the PMD-671 and the Tascam HD-P2 have a seamless auto-split feature.
with the HD-P2, you can set it to auto-split at 512mb, 1GB, 1.5GB, 1.8GB, or 2GB files.
I think you can do something similar with the PMD-671, although I'm not 100% sure on that.

and one big feature of the HD-P2 is that every 1.5 seconds, it saves, closes, and re-opens the file, all done in the background.  so if your batteries die or something happens, you don't really lose anything, because the file is continually being saved and re-saved.

[macdaddy]

and one big feature of the HD-P2 is that every 1.5 seconds, it saves, closes, and re-opens the file, all done in the background.  so if your batteries die or something happens, you don't really lose anything, because the file is continually being saved and re-saved.

isnt this true with the 671, too..?

everything up to the oint the batts failed is saved..? this is the way it is on my pda rig. sometimes the header is fubar'd but the WAV data is fine...

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

both the PMD-671 and the Tascam HD-P2 have a seamless auto-split feature.
with the HD-P2, you can set it to auto-split at 512mb, 1GB, 1.5GB, 1.8GB, or 2GB files.
I think you can do something similar with the PMD-671, although I'm not 100% sure on that.

and one big feature of the HD-P2 is that every 1.5 seconds, it saves, closes, and re-opens the file, all done in the background.  so if your batteries die or something happens, you don't really lose anything, because the file is continually being saved and re-saved.

On the 671 it has auto-split by track length instead of file size.

1min-5min-10min-15min-30min-1hr-2hr-6hr-8hr-12hr-24hr

They have a decent .pdf I printed as a point of refrence, it might be helpful for anyone using the HD-P2 in reguards to time/bit depth.

http://www.d-mpro.com/users/getdownload.asp?DownloadID=301

The 671 also has the RAW (Read After Write) VTH (Virtual Third Head) so the data is written to the card, I'm not sure if it varies with the P2.