Solid State recorder

[Frank Seidel]

Hello Ken,

I do not know what will be available in Thailand on short notice. But
maybe you will find the following website helpful in your decision
making.

http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/archive/res_audioequip.htm

Best,

Frank


On 6/1/11, Ken Manson <ken.grammar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> 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
>