omichalis
Date: Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:51 am ((PDT))
what about the olympus ls5 ??
On 09 =CE=91=CF=80=CF=81 2011, at 8:15 =CE=BC.=CE=BC., Mitch Hill wrote:
> On 4/9/2011 12:18 PM, Marinos Koutsomichalis wrote:
> > unfortunately my marantz PMD661 is not working anymore, so I need to bu=
y sth new - but - I cannot afford it at the moment..
> >
> > so I was thinking instead of waiting for some undetermined time.. maybe=
I should buy some really cheap portable recorder with onboard mics and use=
it for a while
> > and keep it as a backup device afterwards,
> >
> > I happen to have a pair of binaurals, too, that I could use
> >
> > I was wandering what the list would suggest - I need sth cheap..
> >
> > maybe sth like the tascam dr-07 ?? I found no measurements on its noise=
on the internet.. what performs best in terms of mic noise, the dr-02, dr-=
07 or dr-08 for example ??
>
> As the owner of a PMD661, I'm sorry to hear yours is no longer
> working... To my way of the thinking the PMD661 is one of the best
> recorders available today.
>
> As a field & backup recorder, I use a Olympus LS-11 and recommend the
> LS-11 highly. I have tried the Tascam recorders and not kept what
> Tascam recorders I have tried along with Zoom recorders, they have all
> been a disappointment to me but the Olympus LS-11 does not disappoint.
> The LS-11 is a well made, rugged little recorder and has very good mic
> preamps. I purchased my LS-11 to use in the field as it is half the size=
> of the PMD661, and while you give up some of the operating features of
> the PMD661, the Olympus LS-11 more than makes up for it in how well it
> records and its very good internal microphones.
>
> I don't know how prices are where you are located, presently here in the=
> states, the LS-11 is available new for $234.50:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-LS-11-Linear-Recorder/dp/B002RDWL9Q
>
> Which is a price considerably less expensive as a PMD661 and yet is a
> recorder capable of making recordings equall in quality to the PMD661 as=
> I use it...
>
> I would not recommend anything less than the Olympus LS-11 in quality or=
> value, it has been my experience you would find anything less to be a
> disappointment...
>
> --
> Thanks,
> --
> Mitch Hill
>
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