Topic: Sony PCM-M10 audio recorder - NEW

[tekdroid]

Is it possible to upgrade the firmware (like on the R09..) or is it blocked like on the D50?

JM.

I guess it would be nice (larger 32GB SD card support comes to mind for the future; it currently supports up to 16GB) but I'm guessing the firmware won't be user-upgradeable. Bad if there are any bugs, I guess. The PCM-D1 was lacking in this regard, too - and still remains hampered by small stick support last I checked. For the money that model sells for, you'd expect more.

[Falconidave]

Here is an excellent show I taped Friday night using the M10 and AT943 cards into a CA ST-9100 going "line-in".  The deck performed admirably, easy to read screen for checking levels, and it really does look like a cell phone in the dark.

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=276355

David

[tekdroid]

B&H just dropped the price of the PCM-M10 by $10 to $289.95.
Regular one is being listed as $289.95 after "adding to cart".
Red one is being listed as $289.95 without having to add to cart.
I'm sure I saw it somewhere else for $279.95, though.

Anyway, nice little sweetener, but I think throwing in the wind muff would be a better idea, eh

[jamesmcn]

Anyway, nice little sweetener, but I think throwing in the wind muff would be a better idea, eh

I'd be happy if B&H actually sold the windscreen.

[e.maynard]

Quick question to any of you PCM-M10 owners.
Does the use of a dynamic mic create the kind of noise as heard in the Wingfield samples? Or do they have a bad cable over there?

Thanks!

http://www.wingfieldaudio.com/portable-recorder-noise.html#samples

[svend]

Quick question to any of you PCM-M10 owners.
Does the use of a dynamic mic create the kind of noise as heard in the Wingfield samples? Or do they have a bad cable over there?

Thanks!

http://www.wingfieldaudio.com/portable-recorder-noise.html#samples

For a first test I plugged my in-ear phone Sennheiser CX 300-II (16 Ohm) into the mic input and recorded at max input gain: The background noise was close to white, did definitely not sound like computer/display cross talk :-)

Svend

[udovdh]

Did the Sonicstudio guy already do a review of the Sony M10?
I would be interested to learn about the real performance of this unit w.r.t. audio: SNR, THD, spectrums, input sensitivity, etc, etc.
Not just the specs, but the real values.

[flintstone]

Paging Guysonic!

Would you be interested in testing a stock Sony PCM-M10?

Flintstone

[guysonic]

Waiting for a kind PCM-M10 loan for doing the usual input tests.

Anyone up for a two week loan?

Email me at guysonic@aol.com

[acidjack]

Yeah, surprisingly small!  Looks comparable to the R-09HR.

More or less exactly the same size as the R-09HR. I created a sizeasy for them:
http://www.sizeasy.com/page/size_comparison/25751-Tascam-DR-07-vs-Sony-PCM-M10-vs-Edirol-R-09HR-vs-Sanyo-ICR-PS503RM

This is really helpful. I am trying to decide whether to go the M10 route. Not sure it makes that much sense for me since it's about the R-09HR's size and I can run an external pre....

[Idle Wind]

What's the deal on the "cross-memory" recording - ie, it starts recording on the internal memory, then overflows to the card.

does it appear as one track when you plug it into USB?  for that matter, does it show up as a mass storage device on USB?

can you set it to record direct to the SD card, bypassing the internal memory?

also, this does 48 and 96.  I see the Edirol R-09HR also does 88.2, which I read somewhere converts better / easier / more accurately to 44.1 (truth?)  any opinions?

thanks.

[mloewen]

You can set it to record on either internal or the card and it will switch over to the other when full.
I have not done this yet but I would think it would be seperate files. I think it would be seamless when it switches over to the other memory with nothing missing of the recording.

[anr]

I've been thinking about one of these to replace a rather dilapidated RO-9, but Sony UK want a whopping £310, which is well over $400 by my reckoning. 

[RichT]

I've been looking out for one of these in the UK too, only UK dealer I've found advertising it is this:
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/42953-sony-pcm-m10-portable-recorder.html
£460 !!! (more than the D-50)
=US$762 
almost double the US RRP

thomann in germany have got it at $=£ http://www.thomann.de/gb/sony_pcm_m10_anthrazit_bundle.htm

[Flashmd]

Unfortunately ANR...worldwide sales have always resulted in price fluctation that sometimes is plain unavoidable.

I do have plans to order the PCM-M10 for it's smaller footprint, but do have a question regarding whete or not it will produce the same "gapless track division" I so appreciate with my PCM-D50. Any idea for those that have one handy, whether the tradition lives on with the PCM-M10, thanks.

Gordon