Hi, I posted a topic on this forum a little while asking for advice on getting some location recording gear - I've lost that thread so thanks for the comments anyone who remembers posting there!
Anyway, back on topic the reason i'm posting here is because I went with an FR-2 in the end and am pretty happy with the unit. Only bummer being battery life (up to 2 hours recording with 8 2300A rechargeables) - I don't understand why Fostex didn't just build it with some kind of internal rechargeable battery, and i'm guessing by the cost of the AC adaptor that when they finally do release a rechargeable pack that it won't exactly be competetively priced. Other gripe is that the USB connection is USB1 not USB2 so data transfers are somewhat slow, but then they are still faster then sending the audio direct so I can't complain too much about that.
Apart from those niggles the thing sounds great. I'm using it with a relatively humble Sennheiser K6+ME66 mic but even with the preamps cranked i'm getting virtually no noise. With my intention of using it to build up an SFX library thats a bloody good thing. I read some posts earlier from people saying it can't record 192 onto PCMCIA HD well unless that has already been corrected then I can correct that now - it works.
If anyone interested in the unit would like me to try anything on it give me a shout.
Topic: Fostex FR-2 users? (Read 72,569 times)