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Re: Sony PCM recorders

Subject: Re: Sony PCM recorders
From: "Chris Edwards" chris2edwards
Date: Tue Apr 6, 2010 10:34 am ((PDT))
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010, renberg19z wrote:

| I'm new to field recording and am shopping for a recorder and was hoping=

| for some advice.  I think I've narrowed it down to the Sony PCM-D50 and
| the PCM-M10.  Here's what I make of it:
|
| PCM-M10, pros: compact enough to fit comfortably into a jeans pocket,
| $200 or so cheaper, cons: weaker preamps and internal mics than its big
| brother.
|
| PCM-D50, pros: better sound quality (or so I gather...), cons: bulkier,
| more expensive.
|
| Pros for both: both are much praised for near-prof. quality at a
| sub-$500 price point.  Cons for both: lack of XLR inputs and phantom
| power.

Hi,

Oryoki posted this useful comparison between PCM-D50 and PCM-M10:

 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/message/38965








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