Topic: iriver H1xx Tapers FAQ (beta)

[china_rider]

You will need a pre like the UA5 with optical built in.  You could also run a pre that does spdif and have an optical converter.

[kuuan]

going mic to optical in I obviously would need a preamp + digital converter...
forgive my innosence, but what is a spdif?
and there won't be any preamp + converter which is both small and cheap, or is there?

or how about a mod H120 using the preamp and ADC of an HiMD?

[Brian Skalinder]

forgive my innosence, but what is a spdif?

S/PDIF is a standardized interface for passing digital audio data between two devices.  When people use the terms coax and optical within the context of field audio recording gear, they usually mean:  coax - S/PDIF implemented using electrical signals over a coaxial cable;  optical - S/PDIF implemented by passing light signals over a fiber cable.

and there won't be any preamp + converter which is both small and cheap, or is there?

Depending on your definition of cheap and small, the Denecke AD-20 may fit the bill.

or how about a mod H120 using the preamp and ADC of an HiMD?

I don't know if that's even possible.  It might be.  But IMO, might as well just use MD outright.

[kuuan]

thank's a lot for your explaination, Brian.

I really like the H120 above all for it's storage and drag and drop functionality but I arrived to believe that the HiMDs do offer better quailty recordings. With the Denecke the H120 to opt.in should result in very good recordings, but as I could get both the H120 and an HiMD for the same money hardly an option for me.

Still wondering if the H120 would enable good enough recordings for my use -  which is mixing the audio with my videos which means that the recordings end up being encoded in AC3 - or if it must be an HiMD.

[whatboutbob]

For your purposes, and with your mics (info sourced from other forums) I really wouldn't be concerned about the marginal difference between the H120 and HiMD pre and ADC.  IMHO the iriver pros far outweigh the cons you're struggling with.

[kuuan]

For your purposes, and with your mics (info sourced from other forums) I really wouldn't be concerned about the marginal difference between the H120 and HiMD pre and ADC.  IMHO the iriver pros far outweigh the cons you're struggling with.

That the differnce is so small that it won't matter for my use is kind of what I wished to hear!
thank's!!
 
Is the difference 'marginal' enough that I won't get disturbing noise if e.g. recording 'ambience' which could be e.g. rather quiet surrounds with birds singing? I do not have any preamp but will have an AT822 directly plugged in. My iFP-799 is far too noisy for this.
( since two days only I am proud owner of an AT822 )

[shaggy]

I am seeding the AD comp:

M1 vs modSBM vs JB3 vs H120

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=26910

Do not look at the text file if you want this to be truly a blind test!  And vote in the poll before you look at the answers: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=67816.0

[cgrooves]

+T shaggy.
I've been very interested in comparing these A/D's.  Looking forward to seeing how those with 'golden ears' vote in the poll (and hoping that they really vote in the poll prior to reading the text file).

[waltflanagansdog]

Can someone help me with the installation of all this stuff.  I dl'ed the "latest" daily build and the fwpatcher6, but I cannot find the bootloader.  I keep getting "This Page Cannot Be Displayed."  Anyone know of any other sites to get it from?

thanks

Mike

[~ Dan]

Can someone help me with the installation of all this stuff.  I dl'ed the "latest" daily build and the fwpatcher6, but I cannot find the bootloader.  I keep getting "This Page Cannot Be Displayed."  Anyone know of any other sites to get it from?

thanks

Mike

Yeah, it looks like the wiki is down.  I have an iHP-120 that is itching to be rockbox'd too

[waltflanagansdog]

OK.  So I have to wait to use this thing?  Anyone know when wiki will be back up?  Has it been down for a while, or is this just a fluke thing and my timing?

Thanks

[~ Dan]

http://www.rockbox.org/

If you go down to the news part it reads...

2006-07-07: Site is back up again after a few days downtime due to yet another break-in/attack. The twiki parts are still disabled and will be brought back once we believe we have them "secured" properly.

[petur]

An official copy of the files of the wiki is located here:

http://daniel.haxx.se/twiki/

The file you're looking for is here:

http://daniel.haxx.se/twiki/IriverBoot/

You can use the google cache of the wiki to ge the instructions

[waltflanagansdog]

Thank you very much.  Time to get this dang thing loaded and ready to go.

[MadMaster]

Thanks for this FAQ, already found a lot of interesting stuff in it.