Topic: new marantz PMD 661

[todd e]

damn i'm itchin on this unit!  just plug the bodies > kc5 and roll, hmmmm.

[Len Moskowitz (Core Sound)]

Note that the new PMD661 has a S/PDIF input.  That means that its front-end performance can be upgraded by using our Mic2496 V2 mic-pre/ADC and other external 24-bit units like the Grace Lunatec V3.

www.core-sound.com/Mic2496/1.php

[dave w]

Note that the new PMD661 has a S/PDIF input.  That means that its front-end performance can be upgraded by using our Mic2496 V2 mic-pre/ADC.

www.core-sound.com/Mic2496/1.php

As well as numerous other preamplifiers, a/d converters and combo preamp/ad converters on the market today.

[J.T.L]

The YS is a sea of beyond affordable pre/ad combos right now so don't limit yourselves.

[noahbickart]

Note that the new PMD661 has a S/PDIF input.  That means that its front-end performance can be upgraded by using our Mic2496 V2 mic-pre/ADC.

www.core-sound.com/Mic2496/1.php

Shouldn't this be moved to the "Retail Space" forum? FWIW, I have never been impressed with Len's gear.

-Noah

[Krispy D]

Len's gear is decent.  You get what you pay for.  It is his sales techniques that are questionable...

[Kevin T]

I'll give Len a chance. Having bought /used his mics yrs ago with Sony DATs for voice recording at Bell Labs. Also met at AES. Len is a staight shooter AFAIK.

KT

   

[audBall]

I ran mine (oade cm) for the first time in a live setting Saturday night.  The metering is great, both on the LEDs and on the backlit screen.  Them seem to be very much in-synch during the transients.  The screen is very bright but can be adjusted slightly.  I couldn't figure out if the screen is able to be turned off during recording or not.  The KEY LOCK works just fine.  I tried pushing just about every button while recording and it didn't respond.  During REC PAUSE, the unit will not turn off (dunno how/why I tried that one).  I like the rubber buttons.  The unit feels very durable.  I did not run the built-in "mic attenuation".  The unit doesn't appear the save the file it's recording if the batteries die.

The setup/location/bar-sound are all questionable so I'm hesitant to post the 1st sample of this box from the other night.  JTL, I will probably be in touch via PM later to discuss some stuff.

I have high hopes for this box, and plan on taking to Hampton.  Whether or not it gets ran is another story.  

[J.T.L]

have high hopes for this box, and plan on taking to Hampton.  Whether or not it gets ran is another story.  

fob

[datbrad]

The unit doesn't appear the save the file it's recording if the batteries die.

Please see if you can test this at home for us and confirm. The 670 and 671 will both save the file being recorded if the batteries fail, so if the 661 does not, that would be bad, and also strange for them to drop such a key feature on the 661. It would be a big deal breaker IMO.

[Krispy D]

The unit doesn't appear the save the file it's recording if the batteries die.

Please see if you can test this at home for us and confirm. The 670 and 671 will both save the file being recorded if the batteries fail, so if the 661 does not, that would be bad, and also strange for them to drop such a key feature on the 661. It would be a big deal breaker IMO.

The 660 does not either.

[J.T.L]

I ram mine till it died and saved all the files fine...double checked to make sure. It was the first thing I did with it...

[datbrad]

I ram mine till it died and saved all the files fine...double checked to make sure. It was the first thing I did with it...

Whew!!!

[Javier Cinakowski]

my 660 saves the file before it shuts down.  I sometimes forget to hit stop after the show (just shove the mics and cables in the bag and boogie home...)     

[audBall]

Hmm....I need to run more tests.  In my initial test at home and  I swear I remember the files not being there once the batteries died.  I was focusing more so on the amount of recording I was getting, though. 

...will report back soon.