Hi
I'm quite new to this,
I'm doing interviews- mainly voice interviews, and I'm trying to assemble a good set of cheap equipment.
a) Pansonic SJMR100 minidisk with line-in.
b) iAudio X5 with Rockbox and using line-in
c) Marantz 620 using line-in
d) soon to be adding an iRiver H140
I have a iRiver H140 on the way (i purchased it new 1 years ago, but it broke instantly and iRiver dragged their feet for a year before finally replacing it- long story, but essentially they are incompetent)
I suspect that the 1.8 harddrive will die in a year or so and I'll upgrade it to a CF card.
What is the hardware like in the recorder? Are its preamps any good?
What about line-in recording on this unit using Rockbox?
Will it match or come close to the recording quality of my Marantz PMD620?
So I guess what I'm wondering is, if I use my CA-11 cardiod mics and a Chuch preamp with the H140, how would it compare to:
a) Marantz PMD620 with built-in mics?
b) Marantz PMD620 using CA-11 cardiod mics and a Church preamp?
If its a good recorder, I'll think about buying another H140 or H120 unit.
Or should I just give up on this old stuff and go for another Marantz or an Olympus LS-10
Thanks a lot for any advice!