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Re: what's the diff. between mp3 recorder & mini disc?

Subject: Re: what's the diff. between mp3 recorder & mini disc?
From: "Klas Strandberg" klasstrandberg
Date: Sun Apr 8, 2007 3:47 am ((PDT))
before doing anything else, chexk if there still is a iRiver MP3 
recorder with a microphone input. The ones I have tried have been really good.

Klas.

At 01:30 2007-04-08, you wrote:
>Hello all. Thanks for those of you that provided me some starting out
>advice. I really appreciate it. I looked into everything you've
>advised. I found that the majority of you use mini disk recoders..
>highly recommending them. The Sony MZ RH1 mini disc rec. seems to be
>the "cheapest/common" item to record. Why? It is slightly out of my
>price range, but I would get it regardless, anything beyond that would
>be too much money :(
>Some of you mentioned that I wouldn't be able to start at around 200-
>350 dollars. I now see through researching that that's true, unless I
>bought a mp3 recorder...
>Not knowing anything about this stuff, I figured a digital-mp3
>recorder would be fine. With out getting to technical, whats the
>difference in sound quality between a mini disc recorder and a mp3
>recorder? Is it that much where the mini disc is THE way to go?
>Someone said that I would be disapointed with mp3 recorders.
>
>For instance, I found the 200 dollar, Samson Zoom H2 digital audio
>recorder, would this recorder be comparable to a mini disc recorder?
>Like the Sony MZ RH1 mini disc rec?
>
>To look at it, it's at
>http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/archives/2007/03/info_samson_zoo.h
>tml
>
>In the meantime, I'll look into the "getting started" area on the
>forum for some answers as well. I just like directly taslking to
>people :)
>
>Thanks everyone!
>Dave
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

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