[LAU] Looking for portable stereo recording device

[Jeanette C.]

Hey hey,
I had a Zoom H4N for a long time, which is now broken. I know many - if not 
all - portable devices will register as class compliant mass storage devices, 
so Linux isn't such a specialty to consider. But I have other requirements and 
know that there are some people - occasionally - working with field 
recordings. Perhaps thinking out of the box may yield the best path.

I really need a stereo microphone which can record to a memory chip as 
uncompressed - or lossless - 48kHz 16bit - or upwards. Since I'm blind the 
device has to be usable, i.e. no touchscreen and not too many/complex menus. 
The more static such menus the better. And it should definitely have less 
self-noise than the Zoom H4N.

I'm looking for something up to about 230 EUR.

What I've seen so far: Olympus ls-p1, it has a speech menu, less noise, but I 
hope that there's better quality around. I don't know about the usability of 
the ls-p4, nor about its sound improvement.

I've seen the Zoom H5, which apparently has less noise and I can only assume 
is easy to use, once format and quality are set.

I have considered a smart phone solution, but last time I tried, I couldn't 
mount my iphone app containers on Linux, so that approach I will take with 
caution.

I think there are some microphones around which can record to a built in 
card/mememory...

If it helps: I often used my recorder for field recordings outside, 
spontaneously stopping when I heard something interesting. I also used it to 
walk around in sonically interesting spaces. I have rarely used it mounted or 
set on a stable surface.

I'd appreciate any pointers and suggestions.

Best wishes,

Jeanette

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