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Checked it out at AES... A couple comments:
First of all, decent build quality, the big one looking considerably better than the little one. The little guy seeming more like a toy than a "real" piece of gear.
The sound on the demo box was quite good. Supposedly it was recorded using 2 mics directly into the mic pres that are onboard. If that is the case, than it is a pretty impressive sound... You never really know, though... Records native DSD at a reasonable price then you can transfer to a computer to resample (software provided) to PCM via USB.
My only gripes with the bigger box- no digital inputs for PCM recording. Common, a SPDIF input really shouldn't be too much to ask for (I've got the same gripe about the new Fostex flashcard recorder).
The internal disc is also pretty small- only 20 GB. Not bad for many gigs, but kind of precludes you bringing it out for long festival dates where you record a couple days in a row pretty much without break. At the end of those crazy days, the last thing you want to do is to grab a laptop and hard drive and start transfering tracks so you can record the next day.
Anyways, my thoughts on it based on what I saw at AES.
--Ben
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