[grc] Help me choose a recorder?

[Paul Bame]

Olympus LS-10 can sometimes be found used for a reasonable price.
Compact.
Metal case, quiet rotary controls for record and monitor volume
which can be used
while using the internal mics, which are quite decent,
without causing case
noise. Nice selection of recording modes including
pseudo-directional, and
automatic, or manual, level control with decent
meters.
Uses AA batteries which increases flexibility in the field over
recorders
with custom or wired-in rechargeables. Has consumer-grade
low-voltage
phantom power.

Downsides: external mic connector is stereo
mini (no XLR or 1/4"). With an 8GB
add-on card, it can take a minute for
the USB side of things to warm up.
Cost.

I find that the high build
quality is immediately obvious as soon as one is picked
up and makes the
Zooms, which are fine in their own right, seem like fragile
plastic
toys.

 -p

On 2015-02-26 13:46, Brian Shiratsuki 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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