Re: Sony PCM-M10 recorder...Line in or PIP mic jack?

["Robb Nichols" robb_nichols]

I bought one of these a while ago.  Pieces were falling off of it as
soon as I started evaluating it and the battery got stuck in the unit.
It worked fine, but I put it on a shelf for a year after that.  I got it
back out a few months ago to see if it might be useful as part of a test
fixture and one channel was really noisy.  At least in my case, I'd say
that the quality is really poor.  But it does look like a well-made
piece for the money.  I'd like to have a little more gain with it.

I just got my PCM-M10 Friday and haven't had a chance to even look at
it.  But I would guess that you would be better served using the
recorder's preamps with an external phantom power supply.

Regards, Robb

> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/615405-REG/ART_USBDUALPREPS_USB_Dua=
l_Pre.html#specifications
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> What is your opinion on this with a pair of nt1a's? Would the preamp
> introduce more noise than just using the onboard preamps, or are there
> any other considerations to think of?
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