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just FYI the block diagram for my 1202-VLZ indicates that in the post-VLZ world, the line-in's still run (unavoidably) through the preamp.

[speaking of DAT's] ...on top of that it leaves more room for better add on gear without sacraficing the ultimate quality of the recording. if its the choice of sending something of atrac quality or something of 16/44 dat quality through a sample ill always pick the dat. not to mention ill throw th...

sony is supposedly making improvements to the ATRAC codec to support their upcoming Hi-MD technology. it still won't hold a match to 24/96 but (keeping the original topic in mind) does this make a stronger case for [Hi-]MD's over portable DAT's? PS: i'm not making a case against pristine audio quali...

Is it common to use stereo mic's in field recording? Imaging is, of course, important to me and it would be great to have that option. Any ideas?

Thanks everyone -- I'm making good use of all the info.

At work we encode about 100 hours of video per week to the MPEG-1 format using Optibase boards. Recently, one of our computers has begun kicking out files that refuse to play audio on other computers. We have 8 Dell's (all identical in hardware & configuration) and the audio from these files only co...

hey there -- i've done a lot of band recording in the past but lately i've become interested in making field recordings and compiling them in my computer. can anyone point me in the direction of bang-for-my-buck hobbyist calibur equipment that can get the job done? i've got a 70's era Nivico Casette...