Hi, I should have said what I wanted to do was record notes - i.e, record quite long notes from phone conversations, without having to stop/start, but be able to go through the notes easily). Andrew.=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: voicerec-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > [mailto:voicerec-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson > Sent: 05 June 2004 10:48 > To: voicerec-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Dictaphone recomendations >=20 > Hi Michael, >=20 > Can you also explain about the DM1 from Olympus? What are=20 > the good/bad > points on this recorder? >=20 > Andrew.=3D20 >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: voicerec-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20 > > [mailto:voicerec-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Lang > > Sent: 05 June 2004 04:38 > > To: Andrew Hodgson > > Subject: Re: Dictaphone recomendations > >=3D20 > > Hi Andrew, > >=3D20 > > What do you want to do? > >=3D20 > > If you want to record short notes, the Sony ICD-B25, ICD-BP100 or > > ICD-BP150 are the best units IMHO. They're no longer=20 > manufactured, but > > one can get them relatively easy via Ebay. You can append to=3D20 > > notes with > > these recorders, which isn't possible with the Olympus note=3D20 > > takers. The > > B25 and the BP150 have 16 mb of built-in memory, one can=3D20 > > record around 2 > > hours of good quality messages with them. The ICD-BP100 has=20 > only eight > > megs of memory. > >=3D20 > > Most of the newer Sony modells do not use the LPEC codec,=20 > which makes > > the mentioned recorders sound very good. The only new=20 > Sonys, which use > > LPEC are the stereo recorders, like ICD-ST10 and the Memory Stick > > machines, the ICD-MS515 for instance. They're relatively=20 > expensive and > > they use a single key for play, pause, backward, forward, menu and > > folder. This key doesn't work too well for me, I sometimes=20 > activate a > > function accidentally. > >=3D20 > > If you want to make longer recordings with insertions,=3D20 > > overwrites etc., > > the Olympus DS-2000 is great. You can hear a review of it=20 > in the Main > > Menu archive. It works with SmartMedia cards of up to 128=20 > mb. One can > > record up to 16 hours in the good quality mode on a 128 mb card. > >=3D20 > > Olympus also makes some good conference recorders. They=20 > recently made > > the DS-2200 available. This recorder uses Olympus's XD=3D20 > > Picture cards. As > > much as I know, one can use a 512 mb card in the 2200. I don't know > > exactly, how long one can record with such a card, but I=20 > believe, one > > could at least record 16 hours of WMA stereo material onto it. > >=3D20 > > <*** Michael Lang ***> > >=3D20 > > You wrote: > >=3D20 > > > Hi, I have an Olympus VN90 - I think - digital recorder.=3D20 > > The issue is > > > that it is only using 90 minutes if recording is set to=20 > low, and it > > > sounds quite dreadful. On the normal setting, its only=3D20 > > something like > > > 30 minutes. This was cheap, so its no problems, but the=3D20 > > unit gets full > > > regularly, and I want to replace it with something=20 > reliable for work > > > use. > >=3D20 > > > Any suggestions? > > > Andrew. > >=3D20 > > > ***** To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > > > voicerec-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the text "unsubscribe" > > > (without the quotes of course) in the subject of the message. > >=3D20 > > ***** To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > > voicerec-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the text "unsubscribe" > > (without the quotes of course) in the subject of the message. > >=3D20 > ***** To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > voicerec-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the text "unsubscribe" > (without the quotes of course) in the subject of the message. >=20 ***** To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to voicerec-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the text "unsubscribe" (without the quotes of course) in the subject of the message.