kabooky

Alright, Well I think I am satisfied. Last question, Is there a fairly high quality preamp I can get for under 100 bucks?

yes- i agree. also, i did not mean to give the idea i was recording extremely quiet stuff, or anything requiring a huge amount of trim or sensitivity. The music I mix is not ideally for headphone use, so no binaurals are not the kind of thing I want. I thought about a single point stereo mic, but figured I could have all sorts of functionality from dual monos. so dex, you don't use any external amp? just the md recorder and the mic? If this is true, then from what your telling me, the 800 or 900, and i'd probably opt for the auris stereo mic, would do the job?

thanks for all the feedback here- while I agree partially with glauber, i was under the impression that sonys hi-md recorders have an at least decent, not a"crappy" internal mic amp. I guess my new question is this, -the auris stereo mic and the soundprof/ binaural mic both have a s/n ration of 58db, is this sufficient? And would anyone who happens to own a hi-md recorder and a similar mic be able to tell me if the combination can record ambience well?

Ok- I do a lot of digital music creation, and I am now looking for a high quality stereo recorder. I am considering getting a hi-md recorder, maybe the new NHF-800. I am wanting to capture primarily weather ambience, such as rain on the vinyl roof of my jeep or even crickets in the woods. So I am asking your help in opinions of the best configuration of stereo microphone/preamps for recording fairly quiet, high quality, full frequency range, ambience.