« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2015, 04:36:37 PM »
For 2 channels, if you aren't going to use separate mics, and don't want to ante up for a Nagra handheld, the Sony D50 is still a nice option. The onboard mics are cards and swivel. Well built. Runs about 12 hours on a set of batteries. Records up to 96 kHz/24-bit. Optical digital input and output. Downside is that it takes Sony memory sticks for recording media (not really that big a deal). Discontinued, but used ones in good condition run about $350 or so (several recently available on this board). I bought a used one a year ago and I am quite happy with it. I also have an M10, a DR-70, DR-680 and a DR2D, and the D50 definitely gets used when I am too lazy or too much in a hurry to get mics and the rest of my kit out. There is the new D100 out, but I haven't tried it and there have been some reports about issues with its suitability for highly amplified music. Now if the M10 had decent cards instead of omnis . . .
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