Solid State recorder

[Ken Manson]

Hi all

The H1 and H2 are both available in Thailand. The H1 is about THB6000 and you need to get the accessory pack (another THB1500) as it contains a wind sock, tripod and hardish case. 

Both the H1 and H2 take the high capacity micro SD cards, and I think the best value for money at present in Thailand are the 8Gb cards.

The best place to buy them are in music instrument shops. Sorry I can't give you a shop name in Bangkok.

Ken

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On 01/06/2011, at 9:36 PM, Anthony Jukes <arjukes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephen
> I recently used the Zoom H1, which at about $100 is probably the
> cheapest fairly acceptable option, and they are widely available.
> They are easy to use and can give good results, but build quality
> seems pretty cheap (well, it *is* pretty cheap) and the internal
> microphones are very susceptible to both handling noise and wind
> noise. It's probably worth getting the accessory kit (APH-1) which
> includes a foam windshield and little tripod etc.
> It records on micro-SD cards which are very widely available (and tiny
> and easy to lose), and uses a single AA battery which it says will
> last 10 hrs, and I would say that is probably accurate.
> 
> Personally I far prefer the Sony PCM-M10 - although about three times
> the cost of the H1 it is still probably within your budget at
> $250-300. It is much more solid and the onboard microphones sound
> better to my ears. It recorded more than 30 hrs on 2 AA batteries, has
> 4GB internal memory and also has a micro-SD slot. Like the H1 it only
> has a stereo miniplug input for an external microphone which is fine
> for smaller lavalier mics and the like. If you want XLR inputs within
> your budget you will have to opt for the Zoom H4n.
> 
> Hope that helps
> Anthony
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Stephen Morey <S.Morey at latrobe.edu.au> wrote:
>> Dear RNLD list,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I need some advice as to what would be the best most up-to-date solid state
>> recorder to buy for around $200-$300 , that would run on batteries. I want
>> to buy one for use in Myanmar by someone who is right now in Bangkok and who
>> needs to buy it in the next one or two days. I don't think there will be
>> access to a laptop download when our colleague is in the field, so we'll
>> need a machine that uses flash cards or some other kind of memory card -
>> preferably something that we can buy several of without spending too much
>> money.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Many thanks to all
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Stephen Morey
>> 
>> Research Centre for Linguistic Typology
>> 
>> La Trobe University