i got a pmd670 for christmas, and took it to colorado for the keller/yonder show. i skipped my preamp due to not having a battery pack, and it was a mono preamp (still building the rig). i had my levels at -6 db and still distorted the hell out of the vocals. i figure its not using a preamp that did that, but im not sure. i took it to band practice last night and used my mono preamp and the levels peaked out if i turned the main input knob over 2. sensitive is one word for this deck.
oh, and if you use the phantom power on the deck, it will eat the hell out of your batteries. 8 AA's are supposed to last 6 hours, but i only got 4 out of it w/ phantom power on.
one more thing, if you use a 4 gb flash card, you can pull 6 hours of 48khz wav no problem.
anyone with one of these that has ideas on how to make the thing tame down a bit give me a shout.
I've been using my PMD-670 since the start of 2005.. have done 3 shows.. all went perfectly..
for example just saech pmd-670 on archive
I'm running an mp-2 as my pre > line in (rca) and I am thrilled with the pmd-670...
I wouldn't even consider running mic in on this thing.. not for a second..if your not running an external pre or the device hasent been modded then u better start saving now
My D8 recently started crapping out left and right and i didnt want to spend more money to get it serviced.. so i dropped for the 670 and no regrets at all.. it takes a little time to setup but once you do its soo easy to use.. takes me 4 seconds to turn it on and start recording
now i think they will have to change it from the 2 week rule to the 2 day rule..hehe