[LAU] Looking for advice on a field recording device

[Julien Claassen]

Hello Philipp!
   I have a Zoom h4n now and it is very good. It's not the tiniest of 
implements, but certainly easyenough to carry around. It takes a minute to 
start up, but then recording is instantaneous. It has two built-in microphones 
and you can change the angle between those two from 90 to 120 degrees. The 
self-noise is present, but OK. You can go to my website and check outmy field 
recordings to get your own impressions of its recording quality.
   A friend recently bought a Zoom H2n. It's much smaller, doesn't have as many 
fancy recording options. I don't know, how fast this can boot up and I don't 
know the difference in sound. I can ask myfriend, what he thinks. He knows the 
Zoom H4n in comparison, since it was his. :-)
   As to their own noise levels, you assume correctly. Since they write on SD 
cards, they are silent.
   Warm regards
         Julien

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