Does anyone know what the noise floor of the line input is? I would
love to use a small recorder like that with my sound devices mp2. A
lot of these small recorders don't have true line inputs - instead
they are often hi-z inputs like on the zoom products.
M.
On Nov 11, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Robin wrote:
> Rob Danielson wrote:
>
> > Its neat that it makes super long recordings on the
> > built-in batteries, accepts common media cards and provides
> > straight-forward file transferring but the D50 looks to have a
> > quality edge for quiet location recording as Oryoki surmised.
>
> It's a great shame the D50 does not have XLR/phantom, as then its
> lower noise could be matched to some quiet mics without needing yet
> another device in the way. As it is, I prefer to use a proper
> shoulder unit with XLR and phantom power built in, especially as you
> can get an FR-2LE for cheaper than D50 plus phantom power box.
>
> When using the built-in microphones the M10 has radically better
> sound than the D50, according to Sony's own graphs. This was a total
> shock to me! For the price it's hard to resist the M10 as a second
> recorder, one small enough to always carry with you.
>
> -- robin
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