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Re: ZOOM H6

Subject: Re: ZOOM H6
From: "kginder" kginder
Date: Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:43 am ((PDT))
I got one on Monday. I am only an enthusiast and have no real technical cap=
abilities (or time) to give y'all a scientific review. The only comparison =
I have is the H4n. I "threw" the H6 outside for an hour with the MS mike on=
 it and the record level set to 10 at 96/24.  No compression or limiter. Fo=
r my old ears it picked up exactly what I was hearing sitting next to it BU=
T the stereo separation ain't great even though I had the MS set to max. I =
did the same thing last night with the X/Y on it. I liked it much better. P=
icked up humming bird chatter and wing noise about 20 feet away along with =
bugs, barking dogs, birds, deer crunching through the woods etc. I like the=
 interface and screen a lot better compared to the H4n and just about every=
thing is configurable. I can't give you any scientific evidence that the pr=
e's are less noisy than the H4n's but my ears in my Sennheisers say they ar=
e.

I have not had a chance to hook up my mix-pre and/or NT-4 to it yet.
Hope to get to it this weekend.

Apologies for the amateurish review.
Keith

--- In  Peter Shute <> wrote:
>
> I don't mind ugly if it works ok. Does it?
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 31/07/2013, at 6:54 PM, "Max" <<maxcatterwell@=
...>> wrote:
>
>
>
> What an ugly, cheap looking, clunky, horrible thing! One of the worst bit=
s of design I've seen in a long time! Certainly not intended for nature rec=
ordists.
> Max
>
> --- In <naturerecordists%40yahoogr=
oups.com>, "NormanD" <nrdavies.jim71@> wrote:
> >
> > Zoom launch the H6 at the beginning of August
> >
> > It comes with X/Y and M/S interchangeable modules and there's a shotgun=
 module coming later and also a module that adds 2 more channels.
> >
> > All the modules auto adjust the recorder to suit each one.
> >
> >
> > Here's a very quick intro video from a trade show:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DbUc6SV5y_fQ
> >
> >
> > norman
> >
>








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