Topic: Marantz 671 in the field...

[Nick's Picks]

Has there been any talk of make a flavor for the 671?  i.e. w,t,or p mods?  The ACM is suppose to sound T ish?

For your MBHOs, I would go with an Oade warm UA-5 and connect via spdif.

 I haven't heard plans for other mods besides the T-mod.  Probably because he has 2 boxes to work on at once (660 and 671) and the T-mod was the most popular mod for the UA5.  Not speaking for Doug, but just an educated guess.

I think he just found some new parts he really likes, and that flavor is "Tmodish"

[sygdwm]

tested 8 NiMH batteries w/ phantom on and got ~5hrs. this was w/ the unit set to "record pause", cause i dont have enough media for it to record that long. so. im not sure if this was an accurate test w/o the unit actually "writing". also i recorded the tv 140's>671 in mp3 format for a few minutes. the transer from 671>pc via usb was very easy. just showed up as another drive - copy & paste. more to come...

[Nick's Picks]

i'm about to run a set of 1700mAh AAs through the works right now.
will report back...

[Kindguy]

Ordering mine tomorrow. Do y'all really think the AD in this box is close to a mod SBM-1 or ad500?

[Chuck]

Ordering mine tomorrow. Do y'all really think the AD in this box is close to a mod SBM-1 or ad500?

Good question.
I'm trying mine stock this weekend. We'll see.

[sygdwm]

Ordering mine tomorrow. Do y'all really think the AD in this box is close to a mod SBM-1 or ad500?

Good question.
I'm trying mine stock this weekend. We'll see.

i got a show coming up thurs nite. IF my cf card comes in by then, i will test 140>148>671@24/48. i dont know if its as good as those a/d's, but in my non-professional testing, it sounds really good fwiw. will report back.

[Kindguy]

Ordering mine tomorrow. Do y'all really think the AD in this box is close to a mod SBM-1 or ad500?

Good question.
I'm trying mine stock this weekend. We'll see.

i got a show coming up thurs nite. IF my cf card comes in by then, i will test 140>148>671@24/48. i dont know if its as good as those a/d's, but in my non-professional testing, it sounds really good fwiw. will report back.

Good to hear. Also interested to hear what you think after getting it out to a show. I'm prob going to run a comp 148>ad500>671 1st set. 148>671 2nd set. First things first, gotta get it in my hands  .

Totally new to 24b recording. Have to say I'm somewhat intimidated.

[TenoRichards]

Anyone see a way to turn off the speaker completely? I'm about to tape tonite and don't want my taper to accidently bump headphone volume knob and start b'casting!

TIA
Andrew

[Nick's Picks]

in the "output" section, you can select the various analog outputs, and the speaker is one of them I believe.

as for how good the a/d section is.
well, its good enough. 

for me any way.  a/d is my least critical componant.  if the signal being fed to the a/d is a good one, then its all good.
i have faith that the ACM will provide a great signal.  right now, my 248 is providing signal, and the recordings thus far have been remarkable.

[TenoRichards]

fyi: it takes me ~4 mins to transfer a 2gb file from the 671 onto my laptop via a usb2/pcmcia adapter. I tried using a cf pcmcia adapter (the kind that actually HOLDS the cd card) and it took 18 minutes for ONE gb. Again, I'm going usb out on the 671 into my dell 8200 w/ xp SP2, via the pcmcia slot which HAS a usb 2 connection. I don't know what they are called....

4 mins ain't bad. I think I'll hold off on the OTG drive for now.

Tonites taping venture: http://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/en/fs_b2_neu_carmen.htm

ciao4now
Andrew

edit to add the pcmcia adapter is: Adaptec's DuoConnect AUA-1422 Usb2.0/1394 CardBus for Notebook

[twoodruff]

fyi: it takes me ~4 mins to transfer a 2gb file from the 671 onto my laptop via a usb2/pcmcia adapter. I tried using a cf pcmcia adapter (the kind that actually HOLDS the cd card) and it took 18 minutes for ONE gb. Again, I'm going usb out on the 671 into my dell 8200 w/ xp SP2, via the pcmcia slot which HAS a usb 2 connection. I don't know what they are called....

4 mins ain't bad. I think I'll hold off on the OTG drive for now.

Tonites taping venture: http://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/en/fs_b2_neu_carmen.htm

ciao4now
Andrew

good info, thanks +t

[sygdwm]

how does the 671 deal w/ files larger than 2GB? auto-split or nothing?

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

how does the 671 deal w/ files larger than 2GB? auto-split or nothing?

You can set auto-tracking.  I had mine set to track-split every hour, worked like a charm. 

[sygdwm]

how does the 671 deal w/ files larger than 2GB? auto-split or nothing?

You can set auto-tracking.  I had mine set to track-split every hour, worked like a charm. 

thanks. +t

note to self: read the manual sober.

[RDunn]

My first two field experiences with the 671 were coming digitally out of a Lunatec V3.  Since I had to return the loaner V3, the last two shows have been running line out of a Lunatec V2.  I had read some comments from other users about brickwalling on the analog inputs and I am happy to report there were no signs of that on my recordings...... 

So far I'm really liking the 671!!!!!!

RD