tapesmith Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 Hi folks, I'm new here. I found the site reading the "Nagra stories sound-men won't ever tell" thread and all of the wonderful information in that thread, so thought I would ask the experts about the Nagra ARES C-PP (the rack mount version of the C). I have an opportunity to acquire one fairly inexpensively (~$350USD) and could use a two-channel solid-state recorder for some of my transfer work. Please share your experiences with this piece of gear and your opinions regarding its value proposition at that price would be appreciated. -Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dela Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 The Ares C-PP is a nice unit, but probably not really suited for practical use nowadays. It has a number of drawbacks: 1) It only record in MPEG I Layer II. And only 64, 128 or 192 kb/s 2) It records on PCMCIA cards (which are rare and with low capacity) 3) Import/export is only possible using proprietary Kudelski software, compatible "up to" XP For that price I would definitely buy it, but it is not ideal for practical use, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tapesmith Posted July 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, dela said: For that price I would definitely buy it, but it is not ideal for practical use, unfortunately. Fortunately, it does include a 32GB Compact Flash card, but the use of Windows XP for software compatibility is a major drawback. I may, perhaps, make a lower offer as it's a clean looking piece. Thank you, Lars, for the informative reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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