( 7 reviews )
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Posted: Mar 7 2009
I had a very positive experience with this recorder as editor of a magazine and used it for interviews, conferences and large meetings -- it has sensitivity settings for each environment, and two options for elevating it for best reception. Now I'm retired but doing a lot of work in Egyptian archeological sites, and bought this recently for my own use. It's larger than most such recorders, especially with the mike windguard attached, but for the serious user who needs to be sure of the recording quality, it's excellent. Also, for the one I bought for the magazine, when the recorder first came out, I paid nearly twice what I paid for this one. One other thing: this LOOKS like serious, professional equipment; that may seem trivial, but when you plunk this thing down in front of a source you're interviewing, it does tend to make a statement, much the same as when you haul out a top-end camera instead of some point-and-shoot toy. I'm taking it with me next week to Egypt, where I need to tape notes to myself to transcribe later and also isolate background noise in busy sites like temples and tombs. All in all, very much worth the money.
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Posted: May 27 2008
This is a Sony. Need I say any more. You get what you pay for and this is a nice micro-recorder at a nice price.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Aug 2 2007
I honestly don't know what to think of microcassette recorders. You figure Sony has to produce a good one; after all, it's Sony. Well, not necessarily. I bought one of these because I do occasional taped interviews. It seemed to work well and always got the attention of the people I interviewed. But alas, it lasted for only about three months, then it stopped recording. It soon after stopped playing, as well. No one abused it, dropped it or subjected it to any jolts. It just stopped working...which is a shame because this recorder was convenient and came with that spongy thing around the mic which cut down on wind noise. This is about the third (and last) Sony I'm going to try. I think I'll try Olympus next.
