Comments on: Olympus launches LS11 digital audio recorder

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:19:08 +0000

I have the LS11 and have been very happy with it. I guess I had enough brains to use a silicon case from day one and thus avoided any of the handling noise. The his people are talking about, I can only assume they had defective items, as I don't have a his problem on mine and I much of what I recorded makes it on to commercial audio CDs – and I record a lot of quite ambient sounds in nature and in public places. Overall, I had a Tascam DR-100 and the Olympus LS11 is 10 X a better device with better quality recording. In short I would recommend the LS11 to anyone who wants a high quality, recording, great battery life, and portability.

By: robin

robin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:02:36 +0000

I have the previous model, the LS-10, and let me tell you the "background hiss" is not worse than the poorly made Zoom and Edirol units.

But yes, these units are sensitive to handling noise. That's why they have a tripod screw, so you can mount them free from physical contact. Get the remote control. Or use external mics.

You may want to read this extensive article on portable digital recorders.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:24:01 +0000

I, too, am surprised at the extreme, and I really mean extreme, sensitivity to handling noise. I have the Edirol R09, Zoom H2 and Yamaha Pocketrak CX.

Also, the backround hiss is the worst of the above bunch.

And oddly, you cannot set the clock to display 24-hours. It only displays AM/PM.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:48:07 +0000

I had the LS-10 for a few weeks and decided to buy the LS-11. The LS-11 is much more sensitive for recorded noise from handling by touching the device and from handheld recording. I am dissapointed about that. Without the optionary silicon shell I would choose for the LS-10