Were Marantz 4 Tracks Any Good?
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BillyFurnett
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Whoa!
That thing looks cool as hell!
How old is it?
It appears to have a digital display tape counter...I wonder what else is cooking there.. Effects? Auto locate?
I never realized Marantz was in the multitrack cassette game.
That thing looks cool as hell!
How old is it?
It appears to have a digital display tape counter...I wonder what else is cooking there.. Effects? Auto locate?
I never realized Marantz was in the multitrack cassette game.
The Ghost of FM
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I don't have any direct experience with the model in question but, I did used to own a Marantz PMD430 which was a 3 head, stereo professional field recorder that cost me $600.00 Canadian.
It wasn't a similar looking device to the one in the picture as it was just a 4 chanel,2 track stereo unit and had a similar look to it in the meters only. Otherwise. it looks a lot like the TASCAM DAT field recorder in shape in size.
I used it for taping band practises back in the early 90's though, the model haled from their line up in the mid 80's.
The sound quality was quite good as a one pass recorder and was always reliable during the few years that I owned it. After we stopped practising as a band at our drummer's home, I sold the unit for $500.00 to a journalist who needed it for his field work and never heard any negative feedback from him about the recorder.
Cheers!
It wasn't a similar looking device to the one in the picture as it was just a 4 chanel,2 track stereo unit and had a similar look to it in the meters only. Otherwise. it looks a lot like the TASCAM DAT field recorder in shape in size.
I used it for taping band practises back in the early 90's though, the model haled from their line up in the mid 80's.
The sound quality was quite good as a one pass recorder and was always reliable during the few years that I owned it. After we stopped practising as a band at our drummer's home, I sold the unit for $500.00 to a journalist who needed it for his field work and never heard any negative feedback from him about the recorder.
Cheers!
Blue Bear Sound
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That is one of the early 90's 4-trackers Marantz put out... I beleive I have the back issue review of it from Recording mag (Home & Studio Recording at the time) archived somewhere...
At the time it great rave reviews.... I suspect it's not really any different than of the other higher-budget 4-trackers from the period.
At the time it great rave reviews.... I suspect it's not really any different than of the other higher-budget 4-trackers from the period.
Mark7; Yes, they were produced about '89-'94, were sold in AMS, muse-friend, interstate catalogues and a few others too. They were about $100-$150 cheaper in price than Tascam's units, sounded good, a little cheaper on build quality than Tascams, but a fair value for the money..........
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