Which voice recorder is better than the others?

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Shazzamy

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Okay so I don't quite want to spend $300 up front for audio right away on a Zoom H4n so I was looking a few other voice recorders. They don't have quite as many features as the Zoom and they don't have the sound quality, however I'm not too worried.

These are the choices:
Olympus DM-620
-2 x AAA
-48kHz/16-bit
-http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/758462-REG/Olympus_142665_DM_620_PCM_Recorder.html

Olympus WS-700M
-1 x AAA
-44.1kHz/16-bit
-http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/723516-REG/Olympus_140152_WS_700M_Digital_Voice_Recorder.html

Panasonic RR-XR800K
-1 x AAA
-???kHz/16-bit
-https://panasonic.ca/english/audiovideo/audio/portable/recorders/RRXR800.asp

Panasonic RR-XS410W
-1 x AAA
-48kHz/16-bit
-https://panasonic.ca/English/audiovideo/audio/portable/Recorders/RRXS410W.asp

Sony ICD-SX712
-2 x AAA
-44kHz/16-bit
-http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/754781-REG/Sony_ICDSX712_ICDSX712_Digital_Voice_Recorder.html

I'm just looking for an opinion on which would be your choice and why.
 
If your not worried about sound quality what does it matter?

Your probably only going to get generic information because I doubt anybody is seriously using any of these. It's not snottiness but they just don't have much of the basics.

So generically, eliminate anything that wont record 48/16 uncompressed files in a standard format (WAV or AIFF, etc).
Anything below 48/16 really isn't worth the hassle. You need uncompressed because its your only shot at having the file playback at least semi stably.
It needs to have a mic in and it needs to have a manual gain.
I did look at "voice recorders" once as a easy to carry FX recorder but getting a bare minimum of acceptable specs brought the price right up in the Zoom range. You can get a H2 for like $150 so????

I wouldn't use either for production, ever, for any reason.... Ever.

But as handy portable sound stealers the h2 works OK.
 
Saying you're not going to worry about sound quality is rather like saying you're not going to worry about framing, focus, and exposure with the camera, isn't it? If you're not going to take the trouble to do it right, why bother doing it at all?
 
unclebob6958 said:
And it will be used for????? (interviews, short films, etc.)

It will be used with????? (mics, etc.)
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It will be used for short films, mostly personal amusement sorts of videos. And yes I'll be using a powered mic with them.

Steve House said:
Saying you're not going to worry about sound quality is rather like saying you're not going to worry about framing, focus, and exposure with the camera, isn't it? If you're not going to take the trouble to do it right, why bother doing it at all?
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Personal amusement films, nothing production worthy. I'm also just getting into this and would like something to record sound with that's better than the built in mic (Canon Rebel T2i).

Noiz2 said:
If your not worried about sound quality what does it matter?

Your probably only going to get generic information because I doubt anybody is seriously using any of these. It's not snottiness but they just don't have much of the basics.

So generically, eliminate anything that wont record 48/16 uncompressed files in a standard format (WAV or AIFF, etc).
Anything below 48/16 really isn't worth the hassle. You need uncompressed because its your only shot at having the file playback at least semi stably.
It needs to have a mic in and it needs to have a manual gain.
I did look at "voice recorders" once as a easy to carry FX recorder but getting a bare minimum of acceptable specs brought the price right up in the Zoom range. You can get a H2 for like $150 so????

I wouldn't use either for production, ever, for any reason.... Ever.

But as handy portable sound stealers the h2 works OK.
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That's okay if I get generic information, I was just looking for an opinion on these recorders from what people saw about them. That's why I gave links to the products themselves. You just helped me narrow it down to two recorders -Thanks! Some of these I can get for sub-$100.
 
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