Re: Moving up from a "budget" recorder.

["greghpr" greghpr]

I am very happy with my Sony PCM M10 which is much cheaper than $500. With =
my limited knowledge I would think it excellent for the sort of use you des=
cribe - if for no other reason than that the batteries last so long (2 days=
 or so!) that you can leave it on all the time whilst wandering about witho=
ut having to worry about conserving the batteries. This means you can captu=
re more.

But on top of that the mics are very quiet. You won't need the cheap dish a=
nd you won't need other mics.

I place the whole thing inside a rycote nt4 mini windjammer - works a treat=
 for me.