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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: TEXASKNIGHT on March 28, 2018, 11:20:26 PM

Title: Thoughts / Opinions on this 'deal' from Soundpro?
Post by: TEXASKNIGHT on March 28, 2018, 11:20:26 PM

https://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-GHOST-HUNTER-2

Just wondering if its worth the money to get this as a backup setup...

Title: Re: Thoughts / Opinions on this 'deal' from Soundpro?
Post by: earmonger on March 31, 2018, 02:21:44 PM

The Tascam DR-05 is  widely available for $90-$100 online--including at SoundPros. It depends on whether you want the in-ear mics. I don't know anything about those mics, sorry.

Actually I'm more curious about SoundPro Ghost Hunter 3, which claims to still have the Roland R-05 as part of the package.  It's about the only place I've seen online still offering the R-05.
https://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-GHOST-HUNTER-3

From early reports here it looks like the Roland R-07, which replaced the R-05, has idiotically removed Line-In for an Aux function that goes through the internal mic preamp and can't handle a hot input. The R-05 was about $200; at $299 you're paying $100 for the in-ear mics. 

So if you had a use for the mics, or wanted to sell them off afterward, you could still grab the R-05, which was widely praised.