Thanks a lot. As always very accurate and relevant information!
Cheapest sale here in Sweden is 285 USD for the LS-5, 382 USD for the
LS-11 and 485 USD for the LS-10!!!
Buying quite a lot of electronics, I often wonder what is wrong with
this country.
Klas.
At 18:55 2011-04-10, you wrote:
>Marinos Koutsomichalis wrote:
> > what about the olympus ls5 ??
> >
>
>The LS-5 is a model Olympus sells in the UK and other parts of the
>EU. It's a less expensive version of the LS-11 recorder. The LS-5
>has 2 GB of internal flash memory instead of 8 GB in the LS-11. The
>LS-5 ships without a carrying case or remote control.
>
>According to John Willett, proprietor of Circle Sound Services in
>Oxfordshire, UK, and current chairman of the British Sound Recording
>Association, the LS-5 has the same electronics and mics (hence the
>same performance) as the LS-11. It's just packaged so the recorder
>can meet a lower price point.
>
>The LS-5 is not sold on this side of the pond. The LS-5 costs about
>$235 USD delivered to USA from a European source. The LS-11 also
>costs $235 from a USA dealer, so there's little incentive to buy the
>LS-5 in USA.
>
>As a lower cost model in USA, Olympus offers the LS-7. It's
>completely different from the LS-11. The LS-7 uses AAA cells (vs AA
>in the LS-5), micro SD cards (vs standard SD), three built-in mics
>(vs 2), 90 g (vs 165 g). The LS-7 is smaller in each dimension than
>the LS-11, and lacks the LS-11's protruding mics. So it's a better
>fit in a shirt pocket.
>
>The LS-7 has an input for an external mic, but no line-in port. It
>has no external dial for gain adjustment, requiring a trip to the
>menus to manually set the gain.
>
>The LS-7 was recently introduced in USA. Street price is about
>$200USD. That's not much cheaper than the LS-11 and Sony
>PCM-M10. However, the LS-7 is considerably smaller and lighter than
>either, and has the three mic array to improve low frequency
>response (according to Olympus).
>
>Reviews of the LS-7 I've seen so far have been little more than
>re-writes of the Olympus promotional literature. We'll have to wait
>for experienced field recordists to give the LS-7 a try before
>drawing any conclusions about the LS-7's performance. I'd also like
>to see the price descend to around $150USD.
>
>--oryoki
>
>
>
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