[grc] Help me choose a recorder?

[James Lutz]

I've been absolutely satisfied with the Zoom H6. LOTS of flexibility. The
Preamps are even strong enough to drive an SM7B in the field with a
reasonable noise ratio. You should contact Zoom about the possibility of
repairing your H2 as well. They're a great company. You never know, they
might just repair it for you for the cost of shipping. Never hurts to ask!

Good Luck!


*J*ames *F. L*utz
*Warehouse 21 & KGZR Operations Manager*

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Brian Edwards-Tiekert <brian at kpfa.org>
wrote:

> Several of my students have had good luck with Tascam DR-05, which is hard
> to beat on price (about $65 from some outlets). The mic-in jack doubles as
> a line-in jack, and the internal mics are adequate.
>
> If you like Zoom's stuff, the H1 is also quite affordable at $100, and laid
> out better for radio reporting than the H2. From what I gather (I haven't
> played with one), it has the same limitations the H2 did -- the line-in
> jack produces clipped audio at relatively low levels, and the mic-in jack
> is hissy with low-output dynamic mics. The built-in mics on the Zooms,
> however, tend to sound very nice.
>
> At $200, I'll second Transom's recommendation of the Sony m10. Both the
> built-ins and the external jacks produce very clean sound, there's a dial
> for on-the-fly recording level adjustment that is *much* nicer than having
> to press up and down buttons, and the thing makes a set of batteries last
> for *ever*.
>
> Also, the Sony records to micro SD cards, which is the format that many
> smartphones with removable memory use. That means that if you're gathering
> field tape on deadline, you can record something on the Sony, swap the card
> into your phone, and then use the phone's data connection to send the audio
> back to a studio.
>
> -Brian
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Brian Shiratsuki <settled at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Frieda Werden <wings at wings.org> wrote:
> > > My old Zoom H2 is dying (both the external power supply and the line-in
> > no
> > > longer function) and I'm looking to choose a replacement...
> >
> > well, transom likes the sony m10. two other favored models are by
> > tascam, and the third by sound devices is pricey and weighs ``less
> > than three pounds.'' B&H offers the sony in three colors for $200.
> >
> > no experience here with portable recorders. however i have had two
> > pocket audio devices (smart phones, as they call them) fail due to
> > lint. a palm centro collected lint in the headphone / mic jack; the
> > internal mic connection became flakey and eventually failed. applying
> > a toothpick restored function.
> >
> > more recently a nexus 4 became difficult to charge through its micro
> > USB charge / data connector. i had a wireless qi charger in my virtual
> > shopping cart before figuring out how to clean out the connector using
> > small pieces of thin cardboard.
> >
> > so maybe you can save the H2, if only for use as a backup.
> >
> > brian s
> >
> >
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