insrc Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 I'm going to buy one for live recordings. I was looking at NH1, and then I found that RH10 came out recently. And I see there's also RH910 which is a lite version of RH10 and costs about 70$ less, so I wonder what is the difference for a live recording perspective?Could someone who has one of those help me decide?- What recording modes are available for these recorders? The description at this site is kind of unclear about RH10/910, for NH1 I see there are PCM and ATRAC3plus (Hi-SP, Hi-LP) options.- Do you find remote control useful while recording a concert? Does it have levels controls and indicators? (I'm not sure if RH910 has a remote?)In the future I'm going to use a preamp for a mic and record through line in, but right now I only have a mic, so I would go mic in. Any comments on mic in and line in comparisons for these models would be nice to hear. Do they all have built-in preamps for mic in?Right now I tend more to buy RH10, but I would like to consider RH910 and NH1 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Mic-in by definition means there is a preamp. It's not a great preamp if you're recording anything that has loud bass or drums, but no one has detected any difference between models. Similarly, all the Hi-MDs (except NH-600D, which is for downloading music from the computer, and NH-600, with Line-In but not Mic-In) apparently have similar recording capabilities. The difference is in other features: the lighted display on the RH10, etc. Look in the Browser on the homepage to compare them. The NH1 will record live in both old MD (SP, LP2, LP4) and Hi-MD (PCM, Hi-SP, Hi-LP) modes, so if your priority were to play back your live recordings on an older MD unit, you should get the NH1. BUT the old MD modes do not upload via USB, so if you're planning to upload your recordings to your PC, then the backwards compatibility is irrelevant. If you can find one, the first-generation Hi-MDs are also good for live recording. I have an NHF-800 that I chose because it takes a regular AA-sized battery rather than a rechargeable gumstick (and outboard AA battery pack); NH-700 is the same thing minus an FM-radio remote, but I couldn't find one. All the information on remotes is here--check and see exactly which remote they're offering with the MD you're going to buy. But Sony has not yet had the intelligence to put a simple "Record" button on a remote. They're mostly designed for playback. http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showt...t=0entry52998 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insrc Posted April 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 Thank You!So are RH10/910 able to record in Hi-MD (PCM, Hi-SP, Hi-LP) modes like NH1? I would think they are, but just want to be sure Sony didn't cut one of that features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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