location sound recording

in the FWIW department:

Been playing around with my iRiver 120 with the core sound mic2496 and
a pair of DPA 4060s for location sound (ambience) and gotta say the
results are sweet. Since the mic2496 is sending a straight optical
signal to the iriver, there's basically no noise. And, to my surprise,
the iriver actually records in 16bit/48khz wav files.

I also had Len Moskowitz at core sound rig up an XLR adaptor to spit
the signal from my boom mic into two channels. I set the mic2496 to
two different levels to capture a full spectrum of volume. (Basically,
one is set low in case someone shouts). The boom operator carries the
mic2496 and the iriver and it's possible to monitor the iriver in real
time.

So what i have is: A hard-wired boom (without any cords to the camera
or DAT) recording pristine 16bit/48khz location sound (without the
need for the "sound guy" riding the gain) that can be imported into my
computer via USB 2.0 in a matter of seconds, all for about $900 (not
including the mics). not bad.

Thanks to Len at core sound. sorry if this sounds like a plug.

btw, they sell a PDAaudio thing (24bit/96khz) that reportedly works
well, but is more audio than i need and sounds like it's less
reliable, for now.