Re: MD: Time to upgrade
What is it you feel you need that the R55 doesn't have? Well, for starters, I don't want to have to keep on recharging the batteries every so often. For instance, the single internal battery in the Sharp model runs for nearly the same time as the Sony with BOTH external AA's, and the internal one as well. That is my main complaint. The other reasons... well, they're kind of cosmetic - changing recording level and other types of these sort of things. And I'm considering upgrading, as I'm going to university in Sept. And now that they've abolished grants, I'm going to have to live off the savings that I'm accumulating during my gap-year (now) and bank loans. So while I've got a little bit of cash to spend, I might as well get the best model that I can. Oh, and how good would you say the Sharp is for recording lectures and stuff like that? Should I consider the (possibly slightly sheaper) Aiwa AM-F70? Cheers! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Time to upgrade
Well, here's a big bonus of the Sharp over the Sony portables - for lecture recording the Sharp's are great. The syncro-start feature works very well, nothing is missed from the start of the recording thanks to the record/audio buffer. There's two sensitivity settings so that (hopefully) it doesn't record ambient noise. You can also set timed track marks every 3, 5 or 10 mins for easy access and AFAIK, the later models also have time/date stamp (not my old ...:-( ) Not sure what features the Aiwa or Panasonics have... GB Oh, and how good would you say the Sharp is for recording lectures and stuff like that? Should I consider the (possibly slightly sheaper) Aiwa AM-F70? Cheers! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Time to upgrade
Graham Baker wrote, | Well, here's a big bonus of the Sharp over the Sony portables - for lecture | recording the Sharp's are great. | The syncro-start feature works very well, nothing is missed from the start | of the recording thanks to the record/audio buffer. | There's two sensitivity settings so that (hopefully) it doesn't record | ambient noise. | You can also set timed track marks every 3, 5 or 10 mins for easy access | and AFAIK, the later models also have time/date stamp | Not sure what features the Aiwa or Panasonics have... The Aiwa AM-F70 has synchro start, mono recording, two microphone sensitivity settings, date/time stamping (it will show only the date when you play a recording; it still writes the time and you can display the time on another unit). It does not have automatic three- or ten-minute interval track mark- ing, only five-minute (and "auto mark," which marks a track when sound re- sumes after silence, same as Sony's "level-sync"). I don't know about the Panasonic. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
