Edirol R09HR

[flintstone]

Remember that the price of 259 pounds includes value added tax of 17.5%.  Taking the tax away gives a price of about 425 US dollars at today's exchange rate. 

Did I hear the presenter in the MusikMesse video say the R-09HR's headphone jack also has optical digital out?  That's good news.

Flintstone

[gmm6797]

The next big issue, is will the volume controls work or will it be back to "run at 8 and fix it in post"

[Dede2002]

Remember that the price of 259 pounds includes value added tax of 17.5%.  Taking the tax away gives a price of about 425 US dollars at today's exchange rate. 

Did I hear the presenter in the MusikMesse video say the R-09HR's headphone jack also has optical digital out?  That's good news.

Flintstone

Same thing on the original R-09.

[digifish_music]

Interesting pic of the mics in the R09HR...

[bonghitwillie]

poor design.   bad that the input jacks are on the side.  i use the outside rubber case.  that means i do not have easy access to the hold button.  i also use 2650ma rechargable aa batts and get 10hrs out of them on the r09.   

[lbgspam]

Well, based on what I read here... going to keep my R09 original
Nothing better in the HR that I see for my use...

[JD]

If they fixed the breakaway jack problem, I'm all over one of these.

[BayTaynt3d]

The other thing that annoys me is that it's just SO OBVIOUS that every one of these units should have a built-in tripod mount (not a case, lol) -- it's just stupid NOT to have one IMHO.

[sunjan]

poor design.   bad that the input jacks are on the side.  i use the outside rubber case.  that means i do not have easy access to the hold button. 

Then again, it's a piece of cake to cut a small hole in the rubber to access the switches...

[jamroom]

I'm keeping my eye on the old R09 price, as stores try to clear old stock. UK-wise, I'm not seeing much in the way of discounting yet, though Dolphin Music have the red and white ones for £199. I'm looking for a second unit for possible soundboard duties.

[digifish_music]

The manual is available for download...

http://lib.roland.co.jp/manual/en/dl_08-23641/R-09HR_e1.pdf

The remote is IR.
The headphone jack loses the digital out.

digifish.

[blacky]

As far as I can find out the HR will be available in Ontario the second week of March.  While I was talking to the retailer he phoned Roland in Toronto, and he tells me that the R-09 HR will be selling for just under the R-09, which is priced at $399 in this store at the moment.  He gave no indication of a sale on the R-09.

[bgalizio]

The manual is available for download...

http://lib.roland.co.jp/manual/en/dl_08-23641/R-09HR_e1.pdf

The remote is IR.
The headphone jack loses the digital out.

digifish.

On pg. 31, they show a screen shot that shows "input: 85." So, I guess the input level range will not be 0 - 30 anymore. I was hoping for something like, say, -20dB to +20dB, so we have a 0dB gain level.

Also looks like the default input level (whatever it is) for line-in is +2dBU. For the R-09, they state the default (which is 13) is 0dBU. I don't really understand that very well, but it's a change to note.

[udovdh]

Also looks like the default input level (whatever it is) for line-in is +2dBU. For the R-09, they state the default (which is 13) is 0dBU. I don't really understand that very well, but it's a change to note.

More interesting are the max levels for line/mic in. 'default' doesn't tell me much.

[blacky]

bgalizio and udovdh
I am new to this and i just selected Edirol HR for my new toy because of the good report the R-09 came with.
With reference to your comments above,   does this make the Hr a better machine than the R-09?