I use this with a MZ-R700 You have to for loud music w/ this unit -- as with the 900 poor mic pre amps -- but the problem I find, it that the wheel on the attenuator doesn't have any markings on it. So, I go from a pretty loud show to a really loud show, I have to guess where to set it. I've ended up making marks on the wheel with white out, little dots, so I (Kind of) know where I was previously... Lame really. Does anyone know of a wheele like attenuator/in-line volume control, like the Radio Shack one that has numbers on the wheel ? This would be a godsend - then, if someone could make a lighted version... Thos Actually, this is untrue -- I have a battery box made by a Canadian company called Visivox, and it has a high and low gain on it. There are times when the high gain is too much, and the low... you get the idea. So, some times, and attenuated high gain can bring you just above a low gain, etc... I've used it to some slight success -- the problem I find, is that monitoring the signal with the headphones while recording (Shure EC3 w/ ear plug sponge) doesn't demonstrate the saturation (if it is over) of the signal. I use the wheel to cut back the amount of signal, then the input gain (recording level) of the MD to compensate. If you filter too mush w/ the attenuator, like if at a really loud show, close to speakers (at least w/ the sony) then you bost to where it needs to be w/ the recording level, and end up sucking in a lot of hiss with it -- because there isn't enough signal.
