John, thanks for the extensive review... quite convincing. Especially control ganging for me. How many times have I nudged the W pot and not noticed...
What about the sound? Does it is seem much better than your previous setups? Thanks, George On 2011-08-05, at 3:22 AM, John Leonard wrote: > George (and anyone else who's interested) > > Yes, I'm more than happy with the 788T. I managed to find a used one for a > reasonable price in extremely good condition and it has a number of > advantages over all the Japanese kit that I've used before: > > 1) It's built like a tank. Lots of metal, recessed connectors and controls, > etc. So no worries about the case cracking or knobs falling off. This was my > main reason for wanting to upgrade and I don't regret it one bit. I always > had the feeling that the Edirol and the Tascam were not really meant for the > life that I subjected them to, even though I was incredibly careful with > them. I took the 788T under Niagara Falls last week with no qualms and did a > lot of other clambering around with it sitting in my back-pack, without > constantly having to worry about minor knocks. > > 2) Incredibly versatile. Mine is the 256 GB SSD model and I have a 16 GB > Compact Flash card with it and can record to both at once, with custom track > assignments. (And to an external drive as well at lower sample rates) > > 3) M/S and B-Format monitoring built-in, with control ganging as standard. > > 4) Long battery life from industry standard camera batteries, plus the option > of powering from an external 12v supply, so no more vast expenditure on eight > AAs. > > 5) Excellent pre-amp quality, so no need for third party modifications. > > 6) Multiplicity of i/o options, both analog and digital. > > 7) Ability to save custom set-ups to disc or card for later recall. > > 8) Full of really nice little touches, like the ability to set the level of > panel and control illumination, 'recording' & 'stop recording' tone in > headphones, so that you know you hit the record or stop button without > looking down (plus I bought the CL-WiFi remote unit which allows a degree of > control from an iPhone/iPad), replaceable LCD screen protectors, and so much > more. > > The amount of stuff packed into this tiny package is just astounding. The > manual is 150-odd pages long and it takes some time to get familiar with all > that's available, but I can't see myself wanting to change to something else > for quite a while. > > But it's a pretty expensive piece of kit and I was lucky to find one at a > good price and to be in the USA at the right time to pick it up. New, in the > UK, with the SSD and including VAT, these units are now around £5,500.00, so > you pays your money and you takes your choice, as they say. > > I hope that helps, > > Best wishes, > > John > > On 5 Aug 2011, at 08:10, George Miller wrote: > >> John, >> have you tested the 778T yet? Are you happy with it? >> Just contemplating an upgrade from an R4 and wondering if it would be worth >> it to go all the way to the 778T? >> Any thoughts appreciated. >> Thanks >> George Miller > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
