LS-10 price vs LS-11

["oryoki2000" oryoki2000]

Thanks to Dan Dugan for pointing out today's low price
for the Olympus LS-10.  The best deal I found is $212
including shipping from http://www.soundprofessionals.com

The newer Olympus LS-11 costs $399. That's a big difference 
in price for an extra 6 GB of built-in flash memory, improved 
battery life (almost doubled, actually), track marking function, 
and a silver exterior, rather than the black of the LS-10.

Raimund Specht's tests show that the preamp noise is the
same for the two machines.  There are rumors that the LS-11
has less bass roll-off below 200 Hz, but I have not seen
(or heard) a demonstration of this improvement.

The $300 price of Sony's new PCM-M10 recorder should help
the LS-11's price down soon.  Until that happens, the LS-10
looks like a big bargain.

--oryoki