I have Zoom H2, and it sounds really bad. I gave it to my wife for recording her classes. My bass player has Edirol R-09, which sounds much better.
I didn't consider MicroTrack since it didn't meet my needs. I probably won't consider Yamaha either since I don't agree with their design philosophy in general. The issue here is that there is no way something this small could sound great. The question is which one fakes better than others. Usually Sony wins on faking. Sony's design philosophy is not "accurate" or "honest" but "conformable". I am considering PCM-50 for myself right now. Yes, Sony brakes easily, but that is a trade off I am willing to take for better sounding. TASCAM DR-1 is another one I am interested in, but I need to audition it first. I do like TASCAM but they also have manufacturing issues. My DA78-HR, which I only used for 4 jobs over 6-7 years now dead, and the service center told me they can't fix it(!!). -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA <http://a-no-ne.com> <http://anonemusic.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
