Topic: Edirol R-09HR - Tascam DR-07 - differences?

[kuuan]

what are the mayor differences, how do they compare?
or rather..looking at their resp. prices, what are the mayor disadvantages of the Tascam?

- sorry - I know that I should research myself, but it has been a while since I came here or was active recording, but just now I received this special offer from the Soundpros for the Tascam, only valid for one day! and..it is tempting.
So I checked here and was surprised that there hardly are threads about the Tascam  but so many about the Edirol

thank you for any input,
cheers,
Andreas

[jbell]

Not familiar with the DR 07, but this thread may help!  The R09HR is more commonly used by tapers.

http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,121672.0.html

[sunjan]

looking at their resp. prices, what are the mayor disadvantages of the Tascam?

Higher noise floor than the R-09HR.

So I checked here and was surprised that there hardly are threads about the Tascam  but so many about the Edirol

Well, the DR-07 has only been on the market for barely 5 months, while the Edirol has been out for a year or two. You can partly chalk it up to the first mover advantage. When the R-09HR came out, it was the first stealthable sub-$400 digital recorder that had no major flaws, a really low noise floor and the possibility to be ran without external pre with decent results.
A lot of tapers bought it and demand was gradually saturated. Subsequent offerings on the market have had a tougher time to break thru, since tapers rather stick to a model with known good track record, than try something new.