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2. Re: Sony PCM-D50?

Subject: 2. Re: Sony PCM-D50?
From: "Mark" seoulgypsy
Date: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:26 pm ((PDT))
> hello, I've just bought an M10. The outdoor stereo image of the inbuilt o=
mnis is very unimpressive. On the other hand, I stood the recorder up in fr=
ont of me in an acustically treated recording room and played a bit of acus=
tic guitar into it and those mics are really sweet for that sort of thing.
>
Hi Norman,

Thanks for reminding us that the internal mics on the m10 are still very us=
eful. I think this is a point we mustn't forget ...that the portability and=
 low noise of the mics on the m10 are suitable to capture very interesting =
close range subjects in a monaural sense.... i love stereo imaging, when i =
am hearing something that approximates nature, either artistically or artif=
icially and in this case the mics are placed too closely together in a hand=
held device. So use it in a creative way and you don't need to be limited b=
y budget.

Regards,

Mark

Sent from my iPad

On Mar 15, 2012, at 2:59 AM, "NormanD" <> wrote:

> hello, I've just bought an M10. The outdoor stereo image of the inbuilt o=
mnis is very unimpressive. On the other hand, I stood the recorder up in fr=
ont of me in an acustically treated recording room and played a bit of acus=
tic guitar into it and those mics are really sweet for that sort of thing.
>
> Another thing I've noticed with it is that one stereo mic I'd written off=
 as being too noisy for nature recording actually turns in a very acceptabl=
e result now I've tried it again with the PCM-M10 ( I was using it with a m=
inidisc recorder before ). I only have a crude understaning of impedance ma=
tching but it's likely that something has changed from the minidisc to the =
m10.
>
> The PCM-M10 is a great little tool as long as all the inputs and outputs =
hold up to the milage they are going to get from me. The OS could have been=
 a bit more ambitious than it is though. I can think of several handy thing=
s they could have written into the firmware but didn't. I wonder if the fir=
mware is update-able?
>
> Has anyone got any knowledge of any 'hidden' features for it? Sony had pl=
enty of hidden features in the minidisk range and I'll bet there's a few wi=
th this one too.
>
> PCM-D50?..... sorry, I have no experience with it at all.
>
> all the best,
> norman.
>
> --- In  Paul Willison <>=
 wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > If anyone has used one, the relative benefits(if any) vs the M10?   I c=
an get one for around $300, but could likely find an M10 for $50 or so less=
 then that...so is it worth the extra $50?   I see on the Avisoft list that=
 it may have slightly better noise floor, but at the same time, I hear the =
external mics(which I will use a bit) are actually better on the m10?   Jus=
t hoping for real world opinions!
> >
> >
> >
>
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