Topic: Marantz PMD 671 announced (on Oade)

[F.O.Bean]

The only real draw back I can see about it is no hard drive, so you still need to get memory cards.

I see that as a positive. Solid state recording - no worries about vibrations ruining the hard drive. Only thing you sacrifice is storage space, but prices for flash media are dropping fast.

true that!

[caymanreview]

this looks nice, maybe what ive needed to go back to 24 bit

[JasonSobel]

The only real draw back I can see about it is no hard drive, so you still need to get memory cards.

I see that as a positive.  Solid state recording - no worries about vibrations ruining the hard drive.  Only thing you sacrifice is storage space, but prices for flash media are dropping fast.

Exactly.  you can buy a 4 gig CF card (not microdrive) right now for ~300.  with 8 gig cards coming out soon, the price on 4 gigs will drop as well.  and once you get into 4 or 8 gigs, I don't really feel limited by storage space...

[nickgregory]

once you get into 4 or 8 gigs, I don't really feel limited by storage space...

once you get to 8 you will be ideal...from what I have seen 1 hour at 24/96 equals 2 Gb...so an 8 gig would give you enough capacity for a show, given it would not be constrained to 2 hours without a swap...

[JasonSobel]

yeah, the 8 gig CF cards are currently $1400 or so.  I'd be willing to spend $300 for a 4 gig card, and run 24/48 until the price on 8 gig cards drop.  4 hours of 24/48 on the 4 gig card.

[d5]

I'd guess this is right about $1k, maybe just under.  The 670 goes for $699 brand new, and isn't too much different.  Either way, looks like a nice alternative for folks who don't have the $$ for a 722, but already have a nice pre.

Doug Oade currently offers a mod on the pre for the 670. I'm hoping he'll offer the same thing for this. I realize it won't compare to a good outboard pre, but still having a one piece solution is mighty attractive.

[johnw]

yeah, the 8 gig CF cards are currently $1400 or so.  I'd be willing to spend $300 for a 4 gig card, and run 24/48 until the price on 8 gig cards drop.  4 hours of 24/48 on the 4 gig card.

6GB at Adorama for $280
http://www.adorama.com/IMTMD6G.html

3 is $150, 4 is $190
I don't think swapping out 4GB cards at the end of a set would be a problem if you can them that cheap.

8GB can be found for $800
http://www.adorama.com/IDS8GBUC2F.html?searchinfo=compact%20flash&item_no=120

[John Kelly]

yeah, the 8 gig CF cards are currently $1400 or so.  I'd be willing to spend $300 for a 4 gig card, and run 24/48 until the price on 8 gig cards drop.  4 hours of 24/48 on the 4 gig card.

6GB at Adorama for $280
http://www.adorama.com/IMTMD6G.html

That is a microdrive, not a compact flash card.  Will it work?  Yep, but then you still have the problem with the moving parts.

I didn't check the 3 or 4 gig versions, but that 8 gig is definitely a CF card.  Good to see the prices have come down again.

[johnw]

yeah, the 8 gig CF cards are currently $1400 or so.  I'd be willing to spend $300 for a 4 gig card, and run 24/48 until the price on 8 gig cards drop.  4 hours of 24/48 on the 4 gig card.

6GB at Adorama for $280
http://www.adorama.com/IMTMD6G.html

That is a microdrive, not a compact flash card.  Will it work?  Yep, but then you still have the problem with the moving parts.

I didn't check the 3 or 4 gig versions, but that 8 gig is definitely a CF card.  Good to see the prices have come down again.

Yeah if you are against moving parts, then you still have to pay out. Are microdrives more likely to fail than the drives in the JB3, 722/744, R4  or a laptop though?

[Govt Mule]

I thought the FR-2 users had issues with the microdrives

[johnw]

That may be true, but the 671 claims to be able to use them no problem. I was thinking that when the FR2 came out, it only claimed to support CF?

[John Kelly]

yeah, the 8 gig CF cards are currently $1400 or so.  I'd be willing to spend $300 for a 4 gig card, and run 24/48 until the price on 8 gig cards drop.  4 hours of 24/48 on the 4 gig card.

6GB at Adorama for $280
http://www.adorama.com/IMTMD6G.html

That is a microdrive, not a compact flash card.  Will it work?  Yep, but then you still have the problem with the moving parts.

I didn't check the 3 or 4 gig versions, but that 8 gig is definitely a CF card.  Good to see the prices have come down again.

Yeah if you are against moving parts, then you still have to pay out. Are microdrives more likely to fail than the drives in the JB3, 722/744, R4  or a laptop though?

No clue, but they're definitely way more likely to fail than a compact flash card.

[Govt Mule]

I had a guy next to me at ABB in houston and SanAntonio have 2 microdirves fail in his marantz machine 2 days in  arow. 

[johnw]

I had a guy next to me at ABB in houston and SanAntonio have 2 microdirves fail in his marantz machine 2 days in  arow. 

  that sucks!

[spreetaper]

I had a guy next to me at ABB in houston and SanAntonio have 2 microdirves fail in his marantz machine 2 days in  arow. 

I've been using the pmd-670 now since the start of the year.. i love it...
been using it with compact flash... the 671 WILL support CF as well

ive only had one error... and that is because i didnt format my CF card after each use which is what is reccomended..whether you are using CF with an SLR camera or a recording device.. (in others words something that is transfering large amounts off data to the card)
lower end cameras dont fall in to this category ... now ever since then 17 shows now.. not a single problem...

all i know is.. i will be holding on to my 16 bit recorder and as soon as the 24 bit one comes out im getting it...
even if it only does 24/48...  id rather have 24 bit something than nothing at all.. and for a good price..
and i beg to differ from posts i have seen on here in the past... marantz is quality... the 670 is well constructed and if you look after your gear as one should you will not have any problems... i also have not had the 670 got hot on me at all... and i run it in my bag all the time

-mc