Thanks you so much, Mitch.
I really appreciate your help on this.
I'm looking for that "CD quality" recording I read about in these units, an=
d wondering if any of them have it. I love the idea of the LS-11. I had set=
tled in on that one a long time ago---until I read about audio "hits" and "=
clicks"---amazon review, then I got spooked and started doing a little more=
research. That's when I got bogged down in all the audio tech stuff that's=
way over my head. I want the best sound I can get in on-board mics.
Thanks again for your most gracious help.
--- In Mitch Hill <> wrote:
>
> At 10:30 PM 8/8/2010 +0000, you wrote:
> >I'm trying to keep it simple: I need a professional field recorder on th=
e
> >order of the Olympus LS-11 or the Sony PCM-M10 that has the best on-boar=
d
> >mics for recording natural ambient sound in wilderness areas. I'm far mo=
re
> >interested in recorded sound quality than any other consideration.
> >
> >Can anyone help me?
>
> Sounds to me like you have it already figured out... I have an Olympus=
> LS-11 and have made recordings in the field with it that have come out ve=
ry
> well, near perfect actually...
>
> I have a friend that has the Sony PCM-M10 and he loves his, we can argue=
> all day about which is best and nobody wins. If you look at the recorder=
> mic preamp testing results done by Raimund, they are stored in the
> Naturerecordists group file area, you'll see that they are nearly
> identical... I can tell you that the LS-11 has a sound activation featur=
e
> and the Sony does not, that the Sony has a pre-record function that the
> LS-11 does not, the Sony claims 24 hrs battery life on a set of 2 AA
> alkalines, Olympus claims 23 hrs for the LS-11 on a set of 2 AA alkalines=
> and so on... Both have very good quiet mic preamps, the Sony tested 1dB
> higher than the LS-11 however I'd bet you can pick another set of the
> recorders out of the batch and the numbers would probably be reversed, it=
s
> that close...
>
> I chose the LS-11 over the Sony PCM-M10 for the handling ergonomics of it=
> and I've been very happy with it and if I were to be in the market fopr
> another recorder in this type class, I'd buy another LS-11...
>
> You won't be disappointed in either one of these recorders, flip a coin t=
o
> decide, you can't make a mistake...
>
> --
>
> Thanks,
> Mitch & Shadow...
>
> http://www.4shared.com/dir/UTASxktL/wildlife.html
>
> Shadow's area: http://www.4shared.com/dir/ecfWjyZb/Shadow.html
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