Not a bad little unit.The weakest link in most of these small portables is the quality of the preamp electronics and built-in microphones.
At the bottom of the pro quality (and not especially expensive) is the Fostex FR2 LE, although you'll need an external microphone or two.
http://www.fostexinternational.com/docs/pro_products/fr2le.shtmlBut the Edirol, Zoom and other units are fine for casual use. Korg even has a small portable DSD recorder, the MR-1000.
Cheers, Thor On 1 May, 2008, at 23:53, Mark Rabiner wrote:
Would this be the Zoom H2? If so, I jusdt recommended this to a client who wanted a cheap way to do field recording. There is also a chap who is developing a custom capsule for it to allow recording in ambisonic format (4 channel surround). It's a decent unit, but consumer oriented. If you want to go the Rollei/Leica route, get a Stellavox. I have a SM8, I don't know of anything that can touch it at 15ips... They're pretty hard to find, but a good alternative if you're not as picky is a Nagra, also capeable of some fine recording. :-) Cheers, ThorEdirol / Roland R-09! Mark William Rabiner markrabiner.com --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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