Athos56

Thank you both for your response, I don't need the Mac compatabilty and was trying to save some coin, I just didn't want to be hampered by DRM if I got the Rh10, but now that I know that the SS 3.2 gives you the option with Rh10 I'm gonna get it. I'm going to use it for field recordings running through the optical in from a Deneche AD-20 and a pair of mic's, Now I need to figure out what color Thanks again

Ok I've searched for this answer, and maybe I'm not phrasing my queries correctly so I decided to ask. I've read on the forum that Sony eased up on the DRM lately, but is that a function of the SS software or an internal change in the player itself? I'm a PC user and understand that the M100/M10 are "suppost" to add Mac support, but what I want to know is; Would I get the same "absence" of DRM with the RH10/RH910 using the latest verion of SS or would I need to buy the M100 or M10? Basicly I want to deal with as little DRM as I possibly can do I have to get the M100/M10 or can I get the same funtionality with the RH10/910 and the latest version of SS. Ok thats the same question 3 differnt ways hopefully one of them makes sense. Thanks

Thanks for the reply, the Mp-1 does have an off setting for the Phantom power. It says the Phantom power is provided but it doesn't say anything about it being required for amplification, I'll have to check that. Thanks. Pablo

I'm looking at getting decent low cost recording gear for field recordings, basicly both abient nature and street recordings to go along with my street photography. After about a day of net crawling here is what I'm looking at; a Sony MZ-RH910, a Sound Devices Mp-1 preamp, a Nady CM-2S stereo mic and a Nady SCM-1000 mic. Ok the why's, I picked the MZ-RH910 because from what I can see all of the Sony MD recorders record at the same 16 bit/44.1 uncompressed format, so why not buy the cheapest. The extra fetures that the Mz-m10 or Mz-rh10 give you don't do not effect recording quality. My main area of confusion is with the preamp and Mic's. My selections appear to be sufficient quality for what I want but all of the tech spec's are driving me nuts, dbs, dbu, dbv, signal to noise, oms, impedence... From what I can see this set up should work for recording clear low noise recordings, am I wrong? Could some one who knows this stuff at a glance tell me if this gear will work together well? Any help would be great. Thanks