Olympus Digital Voice Recorder DM-420 Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)I bought this to record forensic examinations I do.So people may be speaking quietly, whispering, crying etc.The initial couple of times I tried it, I could not get enough volume out of the internal mikes.I tried the different scene settings and still the sound wasn't there.It wasn't until I fought through the manual and found out how to use the monoraul zoom microphone setting that I was able to get acceptable sound from two people speaking in a modest size room.Which brings me to the manual.Of course, it's only on disk, so you either have to read it on screen or print it out.And it's written in Japanese English... "the functioning of the Euphony will be the sound enhanced."Thereby, making it next to useless when trying to drill down through the various menu settings to try to make adjustments.Olympus is a huge company--you think they could afford an English speaking technical writer.

The software that comes with it seems to be first-rate, enabling all kinds of conversions, joins of separate files, volume-matching etc.It is very helpful in making adjustments for what is recorded.

One other point--I know websites are supposed to sell things, but I went to the Olympus site multiple times to see which of their digital recorders would do the job I needed done.The site is so loaded with praise for every product that it's very hard to make a reasonable decision about which of their devices to buy.Is the $400 professional dictating one really the one I should have gotten?Why did this one win Hammacher-Schlemmer's 'best' rating as opposed to the others?Would the $99 one have been as good?

I now own it and still have no idea if I got the right one.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Olympus Digital Voice Recorder DM-420

Product Description:
An ultra high-quality stereo microphone steps up to the plate and special sound editing software brings it on home. And in between are a series of features-from 2GB of internal memory, to MP3 and WMA recording format capabilities, to sophisticated user-friendly editing software-that make the DM-420 the recorder of champions.

Get 34% OFF

Want to read more honest consumer review about Olympus Digital Voice Recorder DM-420 now ?

Tt System Tele-recorder Adapter Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)This product won't win any beauty contests, but it does a great job interfacing with a standard telephone and any recording device with the appropriate jack. I use it for work and it's incredibly reliable.

It only records the left channel of audio, however, which makes any recording kinda lop-sided if you listen to it through headphones later. I have to admit: I've never tried the "play" setting and couldn't tell you if it works. But honestly: You're recording your phone call to a tape-deck/mp3 player/md recorder. You're probably going to end up using that machine's capabilities to play it back - not this adapter.

The level of the recording is just a bit quieter than you think it should be, but the quality is fine.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Tt System Tele-recorder Adapter

Product Description:
Connects tape recorder to telephone line for recording both sides of the conversationAutomatically records and plays back telephone conversations through headset jack of most phonesCompatible with voice activated tape recordersRequires tape recorder with microphone jack for recording and earphone jack for playback

Get 69% OFF

Want to read more honest consumer review about Tt System Tele-recorder Adapter now ?