Looking at archived posts, the H2 was considered by Oryoki to have okay int=
ernal mics but relatively noisy external mic inputs. I don't see any report=
s on the H1. It would be nice have EIN information for all the Zoom recorde=
rs: none have made it onto Raimund's list yet.
John Hartog
--- In Klas Strandberg <> wrot=
e:
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Two good reasons for buying such a recorder!
>
> I am never going to use the internal mic's, so handling noise is no probl=
em.
> But I presume the mic input provides pip, or has Zoom got mad? One
> never knows...
>
> How is the manual recording level control? Wheel or pressing a
> button? Is it quick and easy to set?
>
> Klas
>
> At 16:27 2011-02-11, you wrote:
> >I bought one of these with these two uses in mind:
> >
> >1. Something to give to friends who are expecting to be visiting
> >interesting places, audio-wise
> >2. To build into a box for unattended recording (so if it did get nicked
> >the cost of the loss is minimized)
> >
> >Initial impressions of sound quality - internal mics and using external
> >mics - are good, but I don't have enough experience with different
> >recorders to properly comment on that.
> >
> >Initial impression of the menu design is fairly good. There are
> >physical switches for some important things - record format, auto-level
> >on/off, lo-cut. Once these are set up you just press the single big red
> >button and it starts recording - not to bad for the intended user, I gue=
ss.
> >
> >Just now I dug it out, found that the battery had gone flat. Put in a
> >new battery, I had to input the date (US format) and could not see how
> >to go back if a mitsake was made (but deliberately working without the
> >manual, so it might be possible). Once a date was in, ready to go.
> >
> >Here are the problems:
> >
> >For 1, the device is _extremely_ sensitive to handling noise, and really
> >has to be mounted and not hand-held, unless you are very careful indeed.
> >
> >For 2, there is not, or at least I have not yet found, a proper way to
> >remotely control the device, and it looks like it will be necessary to
> >open the case and put a switch across whatever is under the big red
> >button to do that. Not impossible, but a bit messy, and if the real
> >switch under the button is something built onto the circuit board it
> >might be extremely difficult to add a physical switch in parallel.
> >
> >So, overall, for my intended uses, it does not really work. I think
> >spending maybe twice as much and having something that is both easy to
> >use hand-held, and has proper support for remote control, is likely to
> >be better. It is still fine for what is probably the intended usage -
> >stick it on a small table-top tripod or similar to use for recording
> >live music - should be fine for that. Or even as a recorder with remote
> >mics for nature recording, so long as it is mounted properly when in use=
.
> >
> >Richard
> >
> >On 11/02/2011 14:54, Klas Strandberg wrote:
> > >
> > > Any experience of this low cost machine? Handling? Menus?
> > >
> > > Klas
> > >
> > > Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
> > > S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
> > > Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
> > > email: <telinga%40bahnhof.se>
> > > website: www.telinga.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------
> >
> >"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> >sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause=
.
> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
> S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
> Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
> email:
> website: www.telinga.com
>
>
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