I'm trying to decide between the Fostex MR-8 mkII (which uses CF) or the MR-8 HD (which has a 40GB hard drive). I'm interested a portable recording solution for two track recordings - laying down tracks which can be edited later and recording performances of 2 hours. At stereo recording time is not a big deal for me as the HD costs $400 and the mkii $250 I can add 2GB CF cards (3 hours each) for $54 and archive old material. I don't play more than 3 hours at a time.
Am I right to assume the following are the same?
- A/D chip (24-bit Sigma Delta)
- D/A chip for monitoring
- headphone amps
- analogue circuitry
- mic pres
- clean-ness of signal
- software stability
Pluses for the CF model
- can run on batteries
- quieter (no HDD)
- no HD to fail / easy to replace CF cards
- cheaper
Pluses for the HD model
- much more capacity
- Optical out
- twice the inputs
I'm leaning towards the mkII, is there any reason beyond capacity to go for the HD - audio quality I would consider a compelling reason?
Is there another product I should be considering?
thanks
sathyan
Am I right to assume the following are the same?
- A/D chip (24-bit Sigma Delta)
- D/A chip for monitoring
- headphone amps
- analogue circuitry
- mic pres
- clean-ness of signal
- software stability
Pluses for the CF model
- can run on batteries
- quieter (no HDD)
- no HD to fail / easy to replace CF cards
- cheaper
Pluses for the HD model
- much more capacity
- Optical out
- twice the inputs
I'm leaning towards the mkII, is there any reason beyond capacity to go for the HD - audio quality I would consider a compelling reason?
Is there another product I should be considering?
thanks
sathyan