Comments on: Golden Delicious: Concert recording with the Sony PCM-D50

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:15:57 +0000

Brad,

Do you know if there is a way to retrieve the time stamp info for each file for the PCM-D50 ? It appears in the display whenever you play back files that are in the memory and the unit has a clock with time and date. But when I download my files, I only get the date info.

Thanks,

Sam

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:02:53 +0000

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:16:02 +0000

Yeah, you tend to get what you pay for. But the prices are falling. There was a time when you’d be lucky to find a pro quality recorder for under $1000. And technically, there are plenty of things you could do with a Tascam HD-P2 that you can’t with a Sony PCM-D50, but for $500 it’s an awesome machine and sounds way better than almost anything else in its price range. The Marantz PMD620 for $400 is reportedly pretty good too, but I haven’t tried it myself. And the Olympus LS-10 might be worth checking out as well.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:10:47 +0000

Thanks, Brad, for the quick answer. Makes me think,though, that maybe it would be worth to shell out the extra dollars for the Sony instead, at least in the long run. Just have to dig a little deeper in the old wallet and be a little hungrier for a month or so.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:51:28 +0000

I know several people that use the Zoom H2 to record interview for broadcast. It’s really less than ideal since it has fairly noisy preamps. But for $200 it’s hard to find a better recorder.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:17:16 +0000

I’m super impressed with that quality. Good job on the recording there, mate. I’m on the look-out for a good portable recorder and would love to lay my hands on the PMC-D50, but I’m afraid its just over my meager budget at the moment. However, I really need one. I’m just starting my career as a radio/multimedia journalist and need something of decent quality to hold me over at least until I manage to scrape up enough dough to buy something better. Do you have any recommendations? I’ve been looking at the zoom h2, but I’m not sure how well it would hold together out in the field. Anyway, great blog. Keep up the good work.

/Andreas