« Reply #50 on: January 20, 2006, 11:36:21 PM »
No digi-in and no balanced inputs (no phantom either?) seem to be two pretty bad things to me?
Maybe this is the ultimate stealth machine if the pre and a/d turn out to be good, but I'm not sure it'll be much more than that without these basic inputs?
I'd run this with an Mp2 or Sonosax anyway. If the A/D is as good as the R1, it will be a winner for me.
The other thing is if you run electret mics, you don't need phantom power. Build a combination three-wire battery box + 20dB gain preamp and you're set. I used this (AKG CK93 + batt box/preamp) into a MD this week. I could easily use an R1/R09 instead and benefit from the better ADC.
Richard
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Mics: Sennheiser MKE2002 (dummy head), Studio Projects C4, AT825 (unmodded), AT822 franken mic (x2), AT853(hc,c,sc,o), Senn. MKE2, Senn MKE40, Shure MX183/5, CA Cards, homebrew Panasonic and Transsound capsules.
Pre/ADC: Presonus Firepod & Firebox, DMIC20(x2), UA5(poorly-modded, AD8620+AD8512opamps), VX440
Recorders: Edirol R4, R09, IBM X24 laptop, NJB3(x2), HiMD(x2), MD(1).
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