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Transom's reviews are a great resource for learning more about
digital recorders:
http://www.transom.org/tools/
There are reviews of both the PMD660 and the PCM-D50.
Doug
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Doug Worsham
L&S Learning Support Services
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Hi
The reviews on both recorders might help
http://www.bradlinder.net/2007/10/comparing-sony-pcm-d50-fostex-fr2-le_06.ht
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Regards
Kate
www.theswitchboard.eu
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They look pretty comparable to me. The main difference is the Sony
has built-in mics, which I do not recommend--you really want to have
the mic(s) closer to the consultant. I can't tell what kind of
external mic input the Sony takes. The Marantz takes XLR, which is
good. The University of Chicago's Language Archives (which I am no
longer affiliated with) has used a sibling of the Marantz. I have met
linguists who like the Sony.
Barbara
Barbara Need
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Many of the small digital field recorders have rather poor front ends
due to cheap capacitors. As a result they are rather poor for proper
linguistics research activities. While expensive the Fostex FR-2 is the
bench mark and has a very good front end. A very good set up for
linguistic recordings would be a Fostex FR-2 and a matched set of Oktava
Mk 012 microphones.
I would not recommend the Marantz given the nature of the front end
circuitry. I do not have any knowledge of the Sony. We have used the
Fostex and Oktava combination with satisfactory repeatable results.
Lee Ramsdell, Technical Supervisor
Arts Resource Centre
Room 130 - A1, Arts Building
Phone 780-492-2142
Cell 780-863-4316
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I have a couple of the Marantz recorders in the lab for lending out.
They have met with a lot of enthusiasm from faculty and grad students,
and even undergrads. They are easy to use and seem to produce good
recordings (without any added microphone).
Judy Shoaf
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