Article:		Review: Olympus LS-10 WAV/WMA/MP3 Recorder
Subject:		Best digital recorder for bird sounds
Date:		2008-10-22 13:48:36
From:		HGHF
I have read reviews for many digital recorders, and liked the sound of both the Sony PCM-D50 and Olympus LS-10. I was moving towards the LS-10 until I read various criticisms on Amazon that the playback volume is very low. Every comment I have read on various review sites have been by people using the recorders to record music or talking, and it doesn't sound as though anyone is using the built-in speakers for playback. My needs are different, since I need a digital recorder to record bird calls in the field and to play those calls back to the birds (to attract them). If the playback volume is too low then I would need to use a separate speaker which would be less than ideal. Please can you let me know your experience of the playback volume of the digital recorders you have tried, and which would be most suitable for use in the field. Thanks.

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• Best digital recorder for bird sounds
  2009-01-12 06:50:20  Tord55 [View]
  
  
  Re replaying recorded bird songs to lure other birds close to you, it should be perfectly OK to plus in a pair of battery-powered speakers, like those people use for their music player/iPod.
  
  The built in speakers are not loud, but give a
  good sound quality, thus good for checking the recording quality! I've tested it with my Bose headphones and the sound is superb!
  
  One little complication with the 'wind jammer' is that while it gives excellent pop protection, it doesn't cater for using headphones, as the plug
  blocked by the 'wind jammer', or the plug (if attached first) prevents the 'wind jammer' to attach properly ot top of the LS-10!
  
  Proved to be easily solved with a hole punch :-)! First attach the 'wind jammer' then insert the
  headphone plug - as easy as 1, 2, 3! Should be a hole in the 'windjammer' to begin with, but you
  can't get everything you want in this world of ours, can you?!
  
  By the way, some small handling noises can be heard when you hold it in your hand, unless you are very careful, or you wear some sort of soft gloves!
  
  Just done a little recording yet, but it sure beats what I've used before (tape, digital cassette recorder (made by Philips, not same type as Sony DAT), Sharp MD recorder, et cetera!
  
  Hopefully it will work as well with my Perl and Sennheiser microphones!

• Best digital recorder for bird sounds
  2009-01-12 05:29:17  Tord55 [View]
  
  
  Hi,
  
  I just got mine from Absolute Music Solutions in the UK (via Amazon.co.UK), and hope to use it for just that kind of recordings. Plus use it for recording music!
  
  With time we'll know how well it worked!
  
  Some have complained about the wind protectors that came with the unit, but there is now a 'Wind Jammer' for it, and that seems to do a much better job!