http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/ Engadget Comments for Olympus LS-10 portable hi-fi recorder http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/
The other things was, if I'm correct in how the manual was explaining it, there is no quick one-touch recording method. By that, I mean you have to first press the Rec button, then you adjust a few setings, then you again press the Rec button to actually begin recording. It would have been nice if you could record in a mode, where you have already pre-determined settings (say, for interviews or dictation) and you simply press the Rec button. Presto- recording begins.

Granted, these might seem minor quibbles - but I find them handy, and Olympus already makes models that are a lot cheaper with these features built in. Maybe they'll offer some kind of software upgrade you can download in the future that'll offer these as options for the $400 wonder. ]]>Mar 3rd 2008 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/it doesn't seem to have a timer-recording mode,
> where you can "set & forget" the device. My
> cheepo $90 dollar DS-30 has this available to it

that's because the ds-30 is a voice recorder designed to record in fairly low quality...great for lectures. the ls-10, on the other hand, is designed for professional audio recordings for music and broadcasting. in those situations you don't need set & forget. ditto for the one-touch record. anyone who's ever recorded a band knows you need to set your levels after a pre-record. otherwise you may get clipping and distortion, or won't be able to hear the band adequately. these aren't really issues you need to worry about when taping a lecture. i wouldn't take the ls-10 for recording a lecture as i would rather an el-cheapo recorder for that.]]>Mar 23rd 2008 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/Mar 23rd 2008 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/
It's surprising how after years and years and years, most audio recorders are still exactly the same... (exept that now you have flash instead of those tiny cassettes that you can only play on the recorder it came from)]]>Jan 5th 2008 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/Jan 5th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_PressDetails.asp?pressNo=569]]>Jan 5th 2008 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/
It does have 2gb onboard memory (although a 2gb card for the Zoom is $25 or so

The one positive is remote control - which is a beneficial feature that Zoom does not have

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Interesting also that this guy has internal memory and built-in stereo speakers. A pity that remote control and AC adapter are optional. That makes the price indeed a bit high, to my opinion.

If you are looking for a taser, than have a look at the ZOOM H4...]]>Jan 8th 2008 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/
While the internal mics may be fine for music and ambient sound, I would hope you could plug in dynamic or condenser mics that don't require phantom power to get cleaner audio for interviews.]]>Jan 10th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/olympus-ls-10-portable-hi-fi-recorder/
I believe you can use a condensor mic, no problem. There's a mic input.]]>Feb 16th 2008 8:50PM