On Jul 26, 2013 2:26 PM, "Philipp Überbacher" <hollunder@lavabit.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I finally want to buy a small field recording device, a zoom H* or
> similar, and I hope that some of you have experience with some of those
> devices and can give me some advice.
>
> I want to use this device to record interesting sounds wherever I am,
> so it should be relatively small and and fast to start recording. I
> also intend to record lots of quiet or relatively far away sources, I
> want to record bird songs rather than guitars. As far as I've seen
> those devices use SSDs or similar storage media, so I assume they don't
> make any noise on their own, right? I guess the microphone should also
> have a low self-noise.
>
> Any recommendations?
>

Not sure about recommendations.. I had a zoom h1 for recording band rehearsals. Was amazingly good sound quality and able to cope with very loud sound as well as very quiet. Don't remember any bad internal noise. Fast startip - almost instantaneous i think. However, it felt plasticky and after approx 9 months stopped booting following no obvious trauma. I got a refund and didn't replace it. However I wonder if I was unlucky. Half tempted to buy another one to see...

J