My main point was that this recorder can be found on the web for less than=
100 USD.
Klas.
At 07:27 2006-02-10, you wrote:
>Klas' comments mirror my experience. I've used the iRiver iFP-899 (1
>GB flash memory) for about a year mostly for recording an African hand
>drum class. I plug in Sound Professional SP-CMC-4 (AT853 capsules)
>stereo mics. The main reason I bought the iFP is because of its 7+
>hour recording capacity (medium-wise; I don't know if the 1 AA battery
>would power it that long).
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>External Mic level settings I use (the range is 0-64):
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>32-34 - for drum class (gets to 100 dB loud)
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> 40 - wife's 4-piece light rock band in living room
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> 52 - recording AES presentations at Dolby in
> San Francisco (i.e., one person talking)
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>The sound isn't as crisp as what I get using my Sony MZ-R910 MiniDisc
>recorder (I set the iFP to 44.1 khz/MP3 320 kbps/stereo).
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>Now that I have the Sony MZ-RH10 (thanks for all your reviews!), I'll
>relegate the iFP to generic, impromptu recording.
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>- Tom (long time lurker; 1st post)
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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