good cost-effective digital recorder

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Dear all:
I have been looking at portable digital recorder to replace my Tascam
DAT portable which has given many good years of service. I have looked
at the Marantz PMD670 and 660 and Edirol R1 and R4. These come close,
but all seem to lack digital inputs. Is there a device with similar
capabilities (solid state, good preamp, SLR connectors, phantom power,
digital audio in/out, USB2.0 or firewire) with digital input also?

Thanks very much,
Richard

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In article <1108590156.511725.179570@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> chapman@eng.auburn.edu writes:

> I have been looking at portable digital recorder to replace my Tascam
> DAT portable which has given many good years of service. I have looked
> at the Marantz PMD670 and 660 and Edirol R1 and R4. These come close,
> but all seem to lack digital inputs. Is there a device with similar
> capabilities (solid state, good preamp, SLR connectors, phantom power,
> digital audio in/out, USB2.0 or firewire) with digital input also?

Fostex FR2
http://www.fostex.com/index.php?file=products/pfr/fr2

But what's that RCA jack on the left side of the Edirol R4 that's marked
"Digital Input"?

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Richard Chapman <chapman@eng.auburn.edu> wrote:

>I have been looking at portable digital recorder to replace my Tascam
>DAT portable which has given many good years of service. I have looked
>at the Marantz PMD670 and 660 and Edirol R1 and R4. These come close,
>but all seem to lack digital inputs. Is there a device with similar
>capabilities (solid state, good preamp, SLR connectors, phantom power,
>digital audio in/out, USB2.0 or firewire) with digital input also?

Yes: PDAudio:

http://www.core-sound.com/HighResRecorderNews.html

We have a Web page that compares PDAudio to the Marantz PMD670, Edirol
R1, Fostex FR-2:

http://www.core-sound.com/comparis [...] -fr-2.html

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