Lou, not knowing much about your career, I would suspect that as
you are into doing voice over work, you are looking for the
highest quality recording available. I am by no means suggesting
that the new Stream would meet your needs, just that it is much
improved over the first version. I got a mini-disk recorder
about 2002 or 3 then an Edi-roll digital recorder a few years
later which has seemingly given up the ghost. I think the
PlexTalk is almost as good as the Edi-roll but the noise floor is
probably not as good that is, if you are really into technical
stuff. There was a guy, Neil Urs, not sure about that spelling,
who has a recording studio in Wisconsin or somewhere in the
midwest who did some great reviews on the Edi-roll and the
Olympus recorders back afew years ago. He had a pretty
impressive array of mic's he would use to compare when testing
various recorders. I bought an Audio Technika 822 I think it is,
single point stereo mic which is no where near the best mic, but
is very convenient for recording live performances. Neil was on
the Blind Cool Tech list but there have been no new listings on
that site for some time now. I use my PlexTalk to record music
rehearsals and in some cases gigs at local venues. 73, Jim
WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:25:46 -0500
Subject: Re: Capabilities of the new VR Stream
Thanks for mentioning that, Jim. I knew there had been
improvements but as
you've pointed out, even the second generation stream doesn't
have as good a
recorder as the BP plus or the plextalk pocket. It does have a
great deal to
offer, though.
Lou Kolb
Voice-over Artist:
Radio/TV Ads, Video narrations
Messages On-hold:
www.loukolb.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
To: <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 1:13 PM
Subject: Capabilities of the new VR Stream
Lou, I concur with your assessment of the Streams recording
qualities as compared to the BookPort Plus and the Plextalk.
However, you should know that the recording features on the new
version of the Stream have been seriously enhanced over the
older
version, with several MP3 rates and 16k 4400 wave recording as
well as adjustable volume settings, stereo, and external line in
and Mic capabilities. The new Stream of course also has
internet
capabilities. Having said that, I would still use a plextalk to
record music over the Stream because there are some kind of
strange recording artifacts on even the 16k stereo wave files
when recording on the New Stream. I haven't yet played a test
file on my PC using say Studio Recorder or Winamp to determine
if
the artifacts are internal to the Stream or are actually part of
the recorded file. In any case, the new Stream has far more
capabilities than the older version. Having said that, I have
no
experience with IPhones or IPods, but I would bet they have as
much or more capabilities over even the new stream. 73, Jim
WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 08:36:59 -0500
Subject: Re: New Victor Reader Stream software
Howard,
Now that the BARD app is available, the answer to that is no. I
have a first
generation stream and love it because I like having a dedicated
reading unit
but an IOS device will do all those things. Additionally, the
stream
recording is not the best. From what I understand, the
recording
function in
the bookport plus and the plex-talk pocket is greatly superior
to
that in
the stream. Lou WA3MIX
Lou Kolb
Voice-over Artist:
Radio/TV Ads, Video narrations
Messages On-hold:
www.loukolb.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]
To: <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: New Victor Reader Stream software
I was dreaming about buying a victor stream when I can, then it
suddenly
dawned on me.
Does the stream do anything that an i-pod doesn't do? Yes I
know it does
everything much more easily, but what about function?
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