Comments on: Review Marantz Professional PMD661 Digital Recorder with XLR

By: djralphq

djralphq — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:28:58 +0000

Great video Pete! We are going to do something similar in Spanish for our markets. Thanks for the support.

By: garymbos

garymbos — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:27:45 +0000

Nice job Peter. Concise and to the point. Really hit the highlites.

By: audiogeer

audiogeer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:43:41 +0000

Well done Peter – straightforward, even a rep can understand! Why am I peeping thro9ughthe keyhole in this video?
– Alan

By: canitocome

canitocome — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:24:37 +0000

live in Bolivia. i want to buy Marantz ..¿ Do you know where can I go?

By: netgemiplayer

netgemiplayer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:25:10 +0000

despite everything going digital nowadays i think there will come a day when people will tire of its fakeness and unnaturalness and return to the warmth and genuineness of old analogue equipment

By: luminousoctaves

luminousoctaves — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:42:22 +0000

Peter, that was all the pros. How about the cons?

Any improvement in the mic amp department? Compared to the 660 I mean (which was pretty noisy).
How well does the 661 work in colder conditions?
How many seconds from OFF mode ’til RECORD? (Sometimes you gotta be fast.)

I’m not critisising, I’m actually curious.

If the mic preamp is powerful enough to fuel a Sennheiser MD421 (for real), if the record monitoring is loud enough and if the machine can stand a little cold, I’m buying one!

By: luminousoctaves

luminousoctaves — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:46:25 +0000

I like the preset-soluyion. That is innovative, and needed. Next model make it six presents and it will be even better.

By: soundseller

soundseller — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:11:55 +0000

Unfortunately it doesn’t have an in-built limiter.

By: luminousoctaves

luminousoctaves — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:31:20 +0000

True, but personally I can live with that. Limiters are often very unpredictable.
Another good thing: the 661 seems to have three steps of attenuation (0), -6, -12, -18 db.

By: soundseller

soundseller — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:55:57 +0000

Yeah, but a brickwall limiter to be on the safe side from time to time would have been really useful, imho.
The 670/671 have a limiter and Marantz probably decided to leave that feature up to their higher priced models.
Maybe they can fix that with a future firmware update.
Other than that I really enjoy the unit.
Just got a rode-nt4 and they perform really well together.