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RE: Bird recording equipment - Minidisc?

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Subject: RE: Bird recording equipment - Minidisc?
From: Andrew Taylor <>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 08:44:12 +1000
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 05:20:37PM +0930, Colin Trainor wrote:
> Based on Carl's suggestion, I've honed in on the Sony PCM-D50 handheld
> audio recorder. I've read some reviews, but not by birders.
> Does anyone have comments on this recorded, with external mic, for
> recording birds.

Raimund Specht, who really knows what he is talking abou,t has
has good info  on nature recording equipment here:
http://www.avisoft.com/tutorial_field_recording.htm
http://www.avisoft.com/recordertests.htm

You should compare with the Fostex FR-2LE, the  Olympus LS-10 and
Marantzs.  You can often get good prices on ebay - if you are willing
to buy there. I have seen little about the Sony but you could search
the naturerecordist list archives:
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/naturerecordists/
or ask on the list.  If you aren't using an external preamp, the noise
floor of the recorder preamp is important in nature recording.

Andrew

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