Topic: Sony PCM-D50 "nature" recording samples

[stantheman1976]

In this instance "nature" means my back yard.  I live where there's plenty of people but we all have decent sized front and back yards so there are plenty of frogs, crickets, and such around us.  I wanted to hear how the D50 internal mics and preamp compares to others I have. 

All were recorded in 24 bit/44.1KHz, normalized to 0dB + re-sampled to 16 bit in Audition 1.5, and encoded to 192kbps MP3 with Lame.

#1: Sony D50 internal mics @ 120 degree placement
http://rapidshare.com/files/134458488/01_D50internal.mp3.html

#2: Sony D50 > Sony ECM-MS908C @ 120 degree setting
http://rapidshare.com/files/134458489/02_D50_SonyMS908C.mp3.html

#3: Sony D50 > Church Audio STC-9000 > Sony ECM-MS908C @ 120 degree setting
http://rapidshare.com/files/134458490/03_D50_ChurchAudioSTC-9000_SonyMS908C.mp3.html

#4: Sony D50 > Sound Professionals SP-PREAMP-3 > Sony ECM-MS908C @ 120 degree setting
http://rapidshare.com/files/134458491/04_D50_SP-PREAMP-3_SonyMS908C.mp3.html