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Often recorders will be too poor at picking up a voice in a room - being too noisy etc.

So i guess there must be better quality recorders out there ... which ones are those?

i have recently purchased a digital audo recorder. i needed it for my speech class and to hear my own voice to improve myself. i got an "RCA digital voice recorder"
the only problem i have with it is that i think i sound like a fool, but i always think that when i hear myself.=(

2008-02-02 17:47:52 by chromascope

GroovinDJ looks at the new Olympus LS10 linear PCM recorder, a battery powered portable studio quality solid state audio recorder.

Should have a USB connection and a good audio capability

If you dont mind buying second hand, then you should visit amazon, you can find great deals there.

I've bought cds, dvds, games and books there and i have no complaints.

2006-12-20 10:24:04 by chuks

Price: $609.99 $269.89

Digitally controlled, high-quality mic preamp for improved audio quality
24bit/96kHz Linear PCM recording for pristine recording
Built-in X/Y stereo mics record at either 90° or 120°

2008-04-04 16:19:34 by MEW

Price: $334.99 $139.41

Built-in USB 2.0 port for data storage
Time Stamp and Track Marker functions in Broadcast WAV Format (BWF)
Finally record 360 sound as 2ch data or 4ch data simultaneously

If you're talking about hardware you could try AVforums. Try magazines like What Hi-Fi, Hi-Fi choice or Sight Sound.

2006-10-25 05:37:00 by bavwill

hold the tape recorder next to the speaker

2007-07-31 16:18:01 by svollandt

I'm looking for a high-quality portable digital audio recorder in the $100-500 range. I'd like to be able to hook it up to an external microphone and download the audio directly to a computer as an mp3 or wma file. My primary interest is good sound quality with little background noise. Any suggestions are appreciated.

The Gemini iKey kind of suits your needs. The basic model records to USB memory devices in MP3 or WAV, but only has line-level phono jack inputs. There's an enhanced version, the iKEY Plus that costs a bunch more, which does have mic input and better metering.

However, the only display is a handful of LEDs, which limits how much info can be displayed. Also, reports are that the units don't actually meet the published specs: there's some low-level digital noise in the recordings (down around -70 dB). There's no provision for playing back or monitoring the recording. The basic iKEY is cheap enough to consider anyway, but for around the same price as the Plus you can get an MP3 player that also records in high quality.

There's open source software for certain MP3 players which allows recording in various formats: Rockbox http://www.rockbox.org/
Check the list of supported players to see which ones support recording.

2007-09-04 13:49:48 by USC MissingLink