[John Williamson]

Les Cargill wrote:
The problem is that you eventually want to record more than just a
pair-in-the-air. So you end up making the H2 superfluous.

IMHO, the H2 makes a very good safety recording. Stick it somewhere
sensible, and you'll get a sort of usable recording in cases where the
main setup fails for some reason, especially if its internal mics are
used in four channel mode.

(My 2 penn'orth)
They have their uses, and not a few movie soundtracks have been rescued
by one, according to the guys on RAMPS.

Things like the H2, the R16 & R24, H4 and H6 are useful if you're at the
start of the learning curve, as they respond to the same effects of mic
placement in the same way as the more expensive units, and when *you* or
your clients start hearing the problems in the recorder or microphones,
that's the time for you to move up the scale.

In much the same way, the old Tascam Portastudios got quite a few people
started who wouldn't have been involved in sound otherwise.

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Tciao for Now!

John.