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Title: R-09 and AT853 comparison tests
Post by: SunWizard on June 17, 2006, 06:42:09 PM

The Edirol R-09 is well designed.  Very easy to use and sounds great.  Here are my tests done by recording the same 40 second wav file Grateful Dead 5-8-77 Scarlet Begonias SBD.wav played on my home stereo.  All are 24/48 normalized to 0db.  Warning: large 10MB files.

AT853 mics (Sound pro CMC-4)
with SPSB-6 batt box mic in, low gain+25 : www.xyzworks.com/R09_853_bb_mic_low.flac (http://www.xyzworks.com/R09_853_bb_mic_low.flac)
Sounds best.

AT853 with SPSB-6 batt box line in+30: www.xyzworks.com/R09_853_bb_line.flac (http://www.xyzworks.com/R09_853_bb_line.flac)
Sounds almost identical, shows that the mic pre is good, unlike the JB3 where line in is better than mic in.  One drawback, had to max the gain.

AT853 direct in (plug power), hi gain+15: www.xyzworks.com/R09_853_direct_hi.flac (http://www.xyzworks.com/R09_853_direct_hi.flac)
sounds almost as good, a little higher noise floor.

built in mics with lo cut on: www.xyzworks.com/R09_internal_locut.flac (http://www.xyzworks.com/R09_internal_locut.flac)
Not bad for built-in mics, was too boomy without the lo cut, higher noise floor.

Title: Re: R-09 and AT853 comparison tests
Post by: flintstone on June 17, 2006, 11:42:03 PM

+T for making your recordings available.
Please share a live recording some time
in the future.  Thanks!
Flintstone

Title: Re: R-09 and AT853 comparison tests
Post by: sullen on June 18, 2006, 12:42:58 AM

THANXX!

Title: Re: R-09 and AT853 comparison tests
Post by: Jofa on June 18, 2006, 04:50:45 AM

Thanks for your comparison tests!

/ R.