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Post by Ndoko Pyako on Dec 30, 2013 18:49:28 GMT
Zoom H4n, by Samson Corporation  Sweetwater is a great place to shop, for so many reasons: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/H4N/I recommend it because - surpasses academic/archival specifications
- can power any microphone
- four-channel flexibility
- Very good Signal-to-Noise ratio
- better price than competing Sony and Marantz models
$270 at Sweetwater, includes foam windscreen, mic stand adapter, SD card, SD card adapter, wall-wart power adapter. no remote. |
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Post by Will R (admin) on Jan 2, 2014 21:36:12 GMT
Samson Zoom H2n  PRO:-surpasses academic/archival specifications -microphone provides PiP mic power -Good Signal-to-Noise ratio -easy to operate/learn -a bargain at $180 (but...) CON:-no XLR jacks -no phantom power -is hampered without accessory kit: $40 - foam windscreen, AC wall-wart, tripod, mic stand adapter, wired remote ... another $50 and you get SO much more with the H4n ... |
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Post by Matt M on Jan 29, 2014 2:06:44 GMT
Quick review of Edirol R-09HR
DON'T BUY
PRO:
-surpasses academic/archival specs
-good internal mics
CONS:
-$400
-no XLR jacks
-rubberized exterior (update from the regular R-09) dissolved into a sticky mess after 1 1/2 years in the tropics. Virtually unusable because of this.
-after 1 year, vertical "dead" lines appeared in the LCD display
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Post by Will R (admin) on Feb 21, 2014 23:53:57 GMT
Sony PCM-M10  Again, Sweetwater is a great place to shop: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PCMM10Red/I recommend it because - surpasses academic/archival specifications
- Very good Signal-to-Noise ratio. internal pre-amp is quieter than Zoom models, competitive with Marantz.
- compact; exterior has more metal than plastic - solid feel
- rotary control on record gain; this is better than pop-buttons.
Detractors: - requires micro-SD cards. makes memory less interchangeable with other pieces of equipment, too small, hard to handle.
- no XLR microphone ports
- no phantom power
$250 at Sweetwater, includes 2xAA batteries, wall-wart power adapter. wired remote. |
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Post by Will R (admin) on Feb 22, 2014 0:37:27 GMT
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Post by sampflederer on Feb 22, 2014 17:02:43 GMT
Is there anything like this that can wirelessly upload recordings to PC?
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Post by Will R (admin) on Feb 25, 2014 21:30:44 GMT
Interesting idea. Never seen any model with that feature.
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Post by Will R (admin) on Jun 18, 2015 17:09:23 GMT
Zoom H5
New Flagship of Samson-Zoom corp. Improves on the H4n in most every way. The question is: does it improve enough to justify the price?
In the evolution (as I understand; never seen it written up in a direct fashion)
H2 - poor external mic preamps no XLR jacks buttons noisy, sometimes non-intuitive; tiny screen
H4n -decent external mic preamps XLR jacks buttons noisy w/ internal mic use
H2n -better external mic preamps no XLR jacks dials that improve over buttons, more intuitive interface
H5 - H2n external mic preamps XLR jacks dials etc. and modular built-in mics (can swap out different mics)
(this is the chronological order of appearance)
If not for the price, I would always recommend the H5. Menu jog rocker easier to use, the record-level dials are _way_ quieter in terms of handling noise, and if you need 4 XLR jacks, you can get a module for two that can be swapped with the 'built-in' X-Y mics.
So, better built. Each of these features is a nice (or really sweet!) improvement over the same things in the H4n, but no real increase in functionality. It'll just do everything better, and quieter.
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Post by Matt M on Aug 31, 2015 11:54:28 GMT
Zoom H5 New Flagship of Samson-Zoom corp. Improves on the H4n in most every way. The question is: does it improve enough to justify the price? In the evolution (as I understand; never seen it written up in a direct fashion) H2 - poor external mic preamps no XLR jacks buttons noisy, sometimes non-intuitive; tiny screen H4n -decent external mic preamps XLR jacks buttons noisy w/ internal mic use H2n -better external mic preamps no XLR jacks dials that improve over buttons, more intuitive interface H5 - H2n external mic preamps XLR jacks dials etc. and modular built-in mics (can swap out different mics)
(this is the chronological order of appearance)
If not for the price, I would always recommend the H5. Menu jog rocker easier to use, the record-level dials are _way_ quieter in terms of handling noise, and if you need 4 XLR jacks, you can get a module for two that can be swapped with the 'built-in' X-Y mics.
So, better built. Each of these features is a nice (or really sweet!) improvement over the same things in the H4n, but no real increase in functionality. It'll just do everything better, and quieter.
I've now used my H5 in a few workshops, and I have to say that it has performed very well, and I've been able to do some live recording in very un-ideal circumstances and had some fairly decent results. Did several setups with 1 XLR to an SM58 on the drums, 1 XLR to a Rode M3 on the vocals, and then the built-in stereo mics to capture the ensemble of musicians. Not too bad. One caveat - multitrack is horrible, with almost a 0.5 sec latency that pretty much makes it unusable. |
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Post by Will R (admin) on Aug 31, 2015 13:20:34 GMT
Interesting finding on the latency. Have you seen any reports/review elsewhere describing this?
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