good Morning all,
There has been much discussion on this subject lately, and I wonder if some
one out there can help to save me trawling through lots of data sheets and
manufacturer specification documents. I am looking for a portable Hard
disk recorder. I want it to record to .wav 16 bit, 44.1 or 48 KHZ. What I
don't want is to record directly to a compressed file format unless the
format is ogg vorbis. The subjective tests I have undertaken show that
When I encode .wav files, which are live recordings, into MP3 whatever the
bit rate, and not using joined stereo, the sound stage is altered. The
depth of audio field is narrowed, and with a stronger central focus which
does not reflect the original source. This does not appear to happen when I
encode to OGG at the highest possible bit rate. I do have a PTR1, but you
may be surprised to know that the ptr1 does not have a stereo input. The
line-in is mono. Can you believe that? probably ok for the spoken word,
but totally useless for live music or field recordings. Also I would like
a manual recording level, because I loath the automatic level controls
which seriously suck back any dynamic information such as drums and other
high transient sources.
I recall that the Iriver 100 series would permit recording in compressed
wav format, and I think the 300 series may only record in mp3, but i'm sure
some can confirm or deny this. I did go down the DAT road some years ago,
but maintainence of digital tape recorders was much too costly for me, and
1000 hours head life before replacement heads were needed is too
short. That by the way was the life cycle of the helical heads on my dat
machines, and it came straight from the horses mouth, MR. Sony.
Thanks in advance.
Joe Paton
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