Hi,
I just received my new minidisc recorder today and the first recordings
I made with the Sony ecm-ms907 mic were impressive (at least by my
standards). I'm especially pleased as the whole outfit cost less than
$200 ($49.95 for the mic at a local good guys and $199.99 -$50 rebate
for the recorder from cameraworld.com).
I imagine myself using this set up to record ambient sounds while
traveling. I suspect other people have had the same idea, so I have a
few questions:
1. Hiss--I seemed to notice it more when I had the record level at the
maximum of 30 trather han down a few notches at 27 or so. The ambient
street noise in front of my urban San Frnacisco house is well below
overloading even at the maximum record level. I realize that everything
increases when I increase the record level, so am I imagining the hiss
is worse at maximum, or is the internal amplifier noisier?
2. Mics--most of the discussion I've read concerns concert level
recording. Are there better cheap mics than mine for ambient recording?
3. Power--the power supply the unit came with is 120v 60hz. What's the
best set up for traveling? Are international adapters available or
should I get a battery pack? Anybody made there own supplementary
battery pack?
4. TOC error--I know this issue has been well discussed. After reading
many posts, I decided to get a MS702 because:
� you can set record levels on the fly
� it was cheap
� many people seemed to feel the TOC error was more likely to effect
earlier units (particularly japanese imports)
� The error would probably occur before the warranty expired (if it
did occur)
� I remember a post saying that the MD-MS702 MK (my unit) was an
improvement over an earlier MS702 version.
After I bought my MS702, Best Buy advertised the MT15s for $199. Would
it be a safer, more reliable choice?
Thanks in advance for your opinions,
--
-Art Simon http://home.pacbell.net/simart/
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