On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 10:13:37PM +0000, carmen wrote:
'm trying
to find the balance between affordability and
ease of use, and sound quality. Any further ideas?
ive heard some quite good field recordings made with consumer Archos
and iAudio audioplayers, which can record in PCM or the very least
320kbps mp3..which is a suitable tradeoff..they were made with a small
clip-on sony microphone, the kind thats just a 1/8" plug and the
element on top of that. im sure other companies make them as well..
Hi,
I have a PMA430 Archos and I'm using it to make small field
recordings. It is fairly good to use in the field but not as good as a
small tape recorder. It takes about 10-20 seconds to be up and running
for recording. And that is not the recording it self but the handling
of the software, clicking on the screen and so fourth. I consider it
not to be affordable for just that. But that is the PMA430, so other
models might get you more value audio function per $. The PMA430 is
much more than just audio. I bought it for about 6500 Swedish
kronor. That is something like $850 or 700EUR.
regards,
- Bengan -----------------------------------------------------------