[grc] Help me choose a recorder?

[Susan Raybuck]

We use the Zoom H-6. Balanced inputs, can handle up to 6 mics. Durable. It comes with many built in mic options, but you can also plug in any mic. Very good sound quality. Not something I'd check out to student interns and novice reporters however, not because it's hard to use (it isn't). Not in the price range where I'd do that. Between $500-700 (with all the mics and options, plus a really durable case). Uses a removable SD card. Considering all the quality we are getting, it's a very good deal. 

We have used it to record interviews with a host and up to 3 musicians with separate tracks for voice and instrument.

Susan

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Susan Raybuck
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www.wimberleyvalleyradio.org
(512) 722-3266






On Mar 6, 2015, at 9:21 AM, David Goodman wrote:

Nobody beats Marantz for ruggedness. But I've dropped my Zoom H4n and as
they say in advertising: "takes a licking and keeps on ticking..."
dg

On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Paul Bame <bame at riverrock.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> 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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