OOK and Bean - glad to hear you're in tune enough with your own wishes to know this isn't the device for you. Let those of us for whom it does the trick enjoy the gear without the constant slagging of its problems from those who've never even used one. Even with all its problems, it obviously works well enough for a good number of people, and that number will continue to rise.
i'm gonna go out on a limb here....
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frankly i'm proud to be customers of each
The voice of reason - well stated, Boogie. Some people just like to bitch. And as you so aptly pointed out, some people are not well suited for early adoption of new technology. I suspect we'll have the same discussion any time a new piece of gear hits the market that's applicable to our purposes. I didn't jump on the MT2496 right away, but I have now. As far as I'm concerned, it's my JB3 of the CF recorder market - consumerish, but works very well for my purposes: storing 0s and 1s in 24-bit. Is it perfect? No. Is it suitable for my purposes? You bet. Some want the Perfect device when Good Enough will do. I'll take Good Enough over a non-existent Perfect device any day.
Here's a hearty thanks to ALL the early adopters who have provided invaluable feedback so far.
And...gotta say...MattD makes some great comments about the ability, as an early adopter, to help shape the product as it matures.
but until some bugs are fixed, these are un-useable for me FWIW
I'm curious...you have an external ADC. So ultimately, you need a recorder to store 0s and 1s. No need for accurate meters. No need for phantom power. So far, the MT2496 has proven pretty stable at 24-bit digi-in. What makes the MT2496 usable for you?
chill out, nobody's hating on your new toy
Perhaps hate is the wrong word, but to continually bash a product with no first-hand experience, becuase it doesn't work for you - while at the same time it works well for many others - doesn't provide a lot of value, and is not endearing to those for whom the device works. Surprise! I could go on and on about (just an example!) how I think your beloved AKG 480s simply suck, but that wouldn't serve much useful purpose, would it? But they obviously do the trick for
you, and that's what counts. The MT2496 does the trick for many at the moment, and as noted above those numbers will grow. Don't jump into the thread and piss in the proverbial sandbox and expect others to sit idly by. I doubt you'd sit idly by if you were on the other side.
Why would a company release a product that isn't stable, thats the bottom line.
To beat the competition to the marketplace, for starters. And to provide a Good Enough solution for a large number of people, at an affordable cost, knowing that they may utilize early adopters to help improve the product.
That doesn't make Bean or myself a hater, I, we look at the reality of it.
On the contrary, I think you look at what your ideal world should look like, and then grow disappointed when the real world doesn't match it.
I admire your idealism, OOK, around the desire for companies to release Perfect products. But we live in the real world. Boogie's right: no first generation, highly complex, new technological device is *ever* Perfect. Shoot, even 2nd, 3rd, 4th gen devices aren't ever perfect. That's a fact, a reality.
And sometimes the best way to identify what's broken, determine prioritization for known issues, finalize the maturation path for a product, etc., is to engage the marketplace. Internal testing groups and even beta programs will only take a company so far.