Howdy, all! I'm new to this list. Nice to finally be on one that stays focused on the topic! I've learned a lot while lurking the last week or so, and now have a need for some advice. I'm ready to retire my WM-D6C in favor of a portable MD recorder. The recorder will be used exclusively for field recordings of non-musical urban and natural environmental sounds, with Core Sounds binaurals and a short shotgun mic. Aside from spot-checking recordings in the field, it will most likely never be used for playback outside the studio. My main concern is battery life.I can easily imagine filling up 3 - 5 MDs in a day's recording. I understand that battery use is increased in record mode, and it would seem that my recorder of choice, the Sony R55, is particularly bad in that regard. I'm assuming I'll have to carry spare batteries, no matter what, but I'd like to carry as few as possible. I wouldn't mind buying an older model, if necessary, and although I am in the USA, a Japanese domestic model is not out of the question either. So my question is, what model can I buy which will have the longest record times while also having an up-to-date ATRAC? Or are they any custom external battery packs available which do not greatly compromise the portability of the R55? I'm sure everyone has had to deal with this issue, so any advice at all would be much appreciated. TIA, and all that! Lon Huber coelacanth-x ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
