OT: have you watched 'The Brave One' with Jodie Foster in it - she runs around with her SD 7 series recorder in a medium sized Porta-Brace bag that doubles as a courier bag : which bag model was it ?
http://www.jodiefost...-the-brave-one/
How about in-ear earbuds under the peltors.
The old Shure E2 line was great with the foam inserts - the newer versions seem to have a fix for the wire breakage issue.
They claim 37dB isolation ; add that to the 25dB of the earmuffs and you may just save your hearing.
http://www.shure.com/americas/products/earphones-headphones/se-models/se315-sound-isolating-earphones
If you want to do things incrementally:
2x 702 cost $300 less than 1x 744T
1x702 +1x702T costs $300 more than a 744T.
The advantage of 2 x702s is you have 4x mic preamps and a fully redundant system in case of failure.
The two recorders can be sync'd to start together and to use the same sample clock.
Or the year after ....
I think I will buy the New sony ECM-MS2 to play with while I wait.
http://www.sony.co.uk/res/attachment/file/08/1237485100408.pdf
Did anyone at NAB ask Sennheiser about the MKH 8030 figure-8 microphone ?
Do they acknowledge demand for this mic ?
I would quite like to make up a more compact MS pair, but the 8030 remains missing four years after the 8020, 8040 and 8050 launch.