1. Re: Small Recorder

["Chris Edwards" chris2edwards]

On Fri, 2 May 2014, Peter Shute wrote:

> I recall a previous comment about the good battery life of the M10. 
> Someone commented that this was "at the expense of noise", which agrees 
> with your conclusions about the D100.

Batteries in the M10 do indeed pretty much go on for ever!

As for noise, Raimund's mic input tests show it's one of the quietest of 
the cheaper recorders, and spending more may not bring huge improvements 
in pre-amp noise.

I personally never had an issue with preamp noise on the M10 - in reality 
(for me, anyway) there is always something like wind noise that's the real 
problem.

I wonder if the maybe the D100 might have more powerful PIP, resulting in 
Norman's PIP-powered mics performing better ?  I've never used the M10's 
PIP, as Klas always said the Sony PIP was marginal for powering many mics.  
So I use mics with their own battery.