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Re: Good small recorders?

Subject: Re: Good small recorders?
From: "Trond Lossius" tlossius
Date: Mon Feb 10, 2014 11:40 pm ((PST))
I=92m quite happy with the Roland R-26.

Cheers,
Trond

On 11 Feb 2014, at 03:59, michael trommer <> wrote:

>
> I've used the Edirol R-09HR, M-Audio Microtrack, the Marantz and a few of=
 the Zooms pretty extensively...I now have the Sony pcm-m10 and it's defini=
tely the best-sounding of the lot...very quiet + clean-sounding. Not sure i=
f it would be an issue, but it doesn't have XLRs...I use a Sound Devices Mi=
xpreD through the line in for that.
>
> Cheers...
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 9:22 PM, Scott Hughes <> wrote:
>
>
> Bruce,
> I had a ZOOM H4, and a TASCAM DR-100 MKII - returned both of them to the =
retailer after about 1 month.  I felt the build quality was lacking, switch=
es were low grade.  I purchased the Marantz PMD-661MKII and am happy with a=
udio and build quality.
>
> Hope this helps.  Look into that one.  AA battery use is a plus, in my op=
inion.
>
> Scott
>
> On 2014-02-10, at 12:16 PM,  wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to hear about what small recorders are working well for rec=
ording nature sounds, especially ones that can have low noise external mic =
or line inputs. There are a lot of newer ones out there from Tascam and Zoo=
m that I haven't heard much about. I heard great things about the Sony PCM-=
M10 and the Olympus LS-100. If anyone knows of a compiled comparison list, =
like from Avisoft, that would be great!
>>
>> So, what are some models you love and some you hate?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bruce Rutkoski
>> Owner
>> www.wildtronics.com (professional parabolic microphones)
>> www.natureguystudio.com (nature sound recordings)
>>
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>










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