cheap equipment for students

[J Dickinson]

I have found that for that price, you can get reasonable stereo
recorders, with Aiwa and Sony offering the best value.
I believe that the Aiwa stereo recorder (around $50) comes with a
microphone.  One advantage of these cheaper recorders is that they are
much harder to break than, for example, the Sony Walkman Professional.
As long at it is a stereo recorder, the sound quality is quite good, and
the microphone on the Aiwa has a good pick-up range.

J.Dickinson


On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Christina Wasson wrote:

> Here's a different kind of question about recording equipment.  Our
> department wants to buy some cheap tape recorders that we can lend to
> undergraduate students doing a variety of different class assignments, for
> linguistic anthro and other anthro courses.  A surprising number of
> students do not have tape recorders.  Or they have the cheap microcassette
> recorders which produce terrible sound quality.  We are a tiny department
> and do not have a lot of money, and want to be able to buy 5 or so.  Does
> anyone have suggestions for the most inexpensive equipment possible that
> would still have some kind of reasonable recording quality?  Since the mic
> makes a big difference, what about getting $30-$50 tape recorders and
> augmenting them with mics?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Christina
>
> ......................................................................
> Christina Wasson, Visiting Assistant Professor
> Anthropology Program, DePaul University
>