I was close to purchasing the Oade mod FR-2. But after looking at storage, battery life and size the 722 looks like a better machine. And after buying media and Mods for the fr-2 it is potentially more expensive than the fr-2. And having an internal hard drive seems to be much better way to go.
The big drawback is the fact that I can't get a 722 till I don't know when.
I would like to be up and running by xmas jam. But I could live with my current UA5/jb3 till then.
Any Comments?
I'd like to know where you are coming up with the cost data?
as I understand it, the W or T mod FR2 will cost approx $1600 (or less)
add $130 for a single 5gb PCMCIA card drive for 5 hours of 24/48 or 2.5 hours of 24/96 and you are only at $1730.
even adding a second drive for easy 24/96 will be under $1850 i bet.
on a tech note...when you have a drive in the slot of the FR2 and change the sample rates or bit depth, the "time remaining" updates instantly w/the new recording setting. very cool.
btw, they brickwall stock. so you need the "O MOD" at the least, which allows you to run the stock unit (which I hear from the oades sounds good on its own) w/o brickwall issues. as we allready know from the UA5, the T and W mods make for wonderful sounding preamps. Easily on par w/other gear we pay 4 figures for.
what does the 722 run? $2100 or there abouts ?
plus, there WILL be a hdd mod for the FR2. Trust me. the 5gb cards will go away and an internal or external drive of many gigs will be the replacement. I've got an exteran drive experiment pending a small hardware delivery next week. i''ll report back.
It should be an EASY mod.
yea, its a little bulky. but it doesnt weigh anything.
battery life can be handled via 12v NimH packs of 4amps. (giving you better than 3.5hours of run time). Still nice and small.
while I think the 722 wins on the "cool factor", the price goes to the FR2. Sound...we'll have to wait and see, but i'll be very surprised if it outperforms an Oade mod'd FR2.