Re: I'm Lost! Need Field Recorder with Good On-board Mics.

["scratchpaws" scratchpaws]

Thank you, Oryoki.

I was wondering about that and actually sent an email to Olympus and asked =
for their opinion on the roll-off on both models. They gave me a sterile ve=
rbatim frequency range quoted directly from the stats, completely ignoring =
my request for a comment on the problem---I'm sure it's been reported to th=
em. Whatever. I suppose I was naive to expect the manufacturer to address i=
t.

--- In  "oryoki2000" <> wrote:
>
> The Olympus LS-10 received some bad press from audiophiles who didn't lik=
e the way the LS-10's preamp attenuated low frequency sound.  Below about 1=
00 Hz, the sound is attenuated several dB.  It's like having a low cut filt=
er that's permanently switched on.  Olympus probably did this to help mask =
noises your hand might make when holding the recorder.
>
> The bass roll-off is not an issue with the LS-11.
>
> --oryoki
>