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| | Transom Tools: Marantz PMD 660 |
 | | Solid-state "Flash Media" recorders in general offer a few advantages over conventional recorders, especially the lack of moving parts, elimination of expendable media, and easy transfer of audio to a computer for editing and archiving. |
 | | So if you record to a compressed format in the field, it might sound just fine playing back, but if it's recompressed for delivery to you r editor, and then recompressed for satellite delivery, and then again on the way into a storage system, your audio might "break" and start sounding metallic and gurgley. |
 | | The Marantz PMD 670 is larger and more expensive, and while it offers more recording options, such as recording to MP2, and a limiter, the 660 does most of what its big brother does, and provides a simpler, less intimidating interface and more convenient form. |
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