It's not though. It's a recorder with a music player so to speak. -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Scrimenti Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 8:32 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: LS7 OR LS100?
I find it surprising that the DM520 is marketed as a dictation recorder when it doesn't have most of the features of Olympus's other dictation recorders such as dss files, encryption, and overwrite, insert, and append. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Giannak" <n...@hkcradio.com> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 8:02 PM Subject: Re: LS7 OR LS100? > None of these are marketed as dictation recorders. The DM520 is, and > the > LS7 sounds almost identical to it, thus I call it a glorified > dictation recorder. In effect, I am saying, ehre and now, that for > professional field recordings, especially with anything like higher > output mics, the > LS7 is a failure. > On 9/7/2013 5:23 PM, Dave Scrimenti wrote: >> Actually, none of these are dictation recorders. Dictation recorders >> allow punching in etc. They also use small files for easy emailing. >> And provide encryption for security. As to which one to buy, it >> depends on what you need. If you don't require truly professional >> sound, the LS-7 is inexpensive and sounds quite good. The LS-100 is >> better, but you'll pay for it, and I don't know if the multitrack function is accessible. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Giannak" <n...@hkcradio.com> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 4:06 PM >> Subject: Re: LS7 OR LS100? >> >> >>> How about neither? >>> The LS7 was nothing more than a glorified dictation recorder. I >>> should know, I've seen them, and they were not all that dissimilar >>> to my DM520, which was a dictation recorder. >>> the LS100 is good for musicians, and was a trendsetter for >>> Olympus recorders. It is very good...and expensive, of course. If we >>> could all afford them, we'd all own them, because they are very, very flexable. >>> How about the LS14? The LS14 is exactly what would happen if the >>> Olympus LS7 and LS100 had a kid. In general, it's the LS100 in >>> miniature, but it has the tresmic system from the LS7, but most >>> importantly, the LS100's microphone preamps, or very similar >>> thereof. It handles high output microphones very well, it's got >>> smart mode which is really awesome (check the website), and it does >>> it at a $199 that won't break the bank too hard. >>> Thanks, >>> nick >>> On 9/7/2013 3:59 PM, Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. wrote: >>>> Hi Everyone: >>>> >>>> I'm in the market for a portable audio recorder and I am turned >>>> between the Olympus LS7 and LS100. I'd appreciate reading your >>>> thoughts as to which of these two recorders would be a better >>>> purchase and why. Much thanks for all help. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Olusegun >>>> Denver, Colorado >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
