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Re: In need of a new sound recorder - what should I get?

Subject: Re: In need of a new sound recorder - what should I get?
From: "picnet2" picnet2
Date: Fri Jul 3, 2009 1:48 am ((PDT))
Hi,
     The FR2-LE is more around the 580 dollar / 420 Euro mark.

BR,
Mike,.

--- In  D Secomb <> wrote:
>
> Hi Dean
> I'm in the some boat as you. My MZ- RH10 is giving me too many problems.=

> If you are looking for a recorder of the some sound quality of your
> minidisk, I don't like you chances of getting anything you will happy
> with for AU $500. With recent suggestions I have read and a quick look
> on the web, the starting price for
> Olympus LS 10- $700
> Sony PCM 50- $850
> Fostex Fr 2le- $1000
> Marantz 660's and 670's series- $1500 to $2500+
>
> There are recorders such as the Zoom H2 and H4n are in your price range
> and are apparently easy to use but you may not be happy with the sound
> quality. It will be interesting what others may suggest.
>
> David
>
> portellidean wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A couple of years ago I bought a Sony MZ-RH1 recorder for recording
> > bird sound (with a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun microphone). It worked well=

> > most of the time but has had a few problems and I have now given up on=

> > fixing the thing and need to find a new recorder to buy with equal or
> > better performance.
> >
> > Since technology improves in leaps and bounds in a matter of months
> > and I am not tech savvy (at all!) I wonder if people have suggestions
> > of a reasonably priced recorder (i.e. ~AU$500) that is easy to use,
> > records high quality sounds, writes to disc/card reasonably fast and
> > allows manual control of gain.
> >
> > Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dean
> >
> >
>
>
>








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