John Wunderlin commented on my post:
I use a H2 to record board meetings and it does a perfectly good job. It has too much noise for any type of high quality music recording and the external mic input is a stereo mini jack with no phantom power. This is not a great concern if you just want to record your home practice session I have to respectfully disagree on this point- my unit has a tiny fraction of the noise my Minidisc had after transferring to my computer. It may not be studio-level quality, but it's amazing for a sub $200 device! If you have a lot of noise you may have a defective unit. The H2 with external mics have been reported to have quite a bit of noise in some situations, but not with the internals. Here is an example recording I made recently of my WWQ in concert. The only edit I did was fade in/out. Also, this is a 192kbr mp3 to save space in uploading. The wav version is even cleaner. ======================= I was comparing the noise level and overall sound of my H2 with its internal mics to my Oade Brothers modified Marantz PMD661 and a pair of Schoeps cardioids that I use for a lightweight high-quality music recording system. As you said, the H2 may not be studio quality but is a good value for the price. Steven Ovitsky Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival www.SantaFeChamberMusic.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
