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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2017, 02:26:21 PM »
Does anyone have any experience of the Olympus LS-14? That's also an option.

Not many here use the Olympus recorders, but there are a few. Haven't heard much about them in a few years.  Do a search.  Records fine and compact if I recall correctly.
My buddy who is a boom operator in Hollywood uses an Olympus LS-100 for his stealth deck. The internals create decent sounding recordings. Another friend has an Oympus LS10 and makes good recordings with the internals. I would buy Olympus if stealthing was my deal. It has a mini-jack input. It (LS-100) is larger (and more expensive new) than an M10 though.
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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2017, 03:00:48 PM »
I do recall discussion about one or two models of the Olympus recorders having a built-in high-pass type response on the mic input (not a user switchable filter).  Can't remember which, and could be now obsolete models.  Something to check though.
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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2017, 07:03:15 PM »
The Sony M10 is a perfect pairing with the CA-14's & the CA9200.  Do yourself a favor and find one.  They're out there and are worth a few more bucks than most of the smaller recorders.
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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2017, 12:03:08 AM »
The Sony M10 is a perfect pairing with the CA-14's & the CA9200.  Do yourself a favor and find one.  They're out there and are worth a few more bucks than most of the smaller recorders.
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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #19 on: October 21, 2017, 10:16:23 AM »
You guys are awesome! Thanks for all the advice! I particularly appreciated the PM from KISSFAN offering to help me out!

In the end, I decided I would be foolish to ignore the advice of so many knowledgeable people, and bought a brand new Sony M10 on EBay. It cost me a fair bit more than it would have a couple of years ago, but not as much as some of the units I had been considering. I figured it was worth the price.

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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2017, 10:56:27 AM »
You guys are awesome! Thanks for all the advice! I particularly appreciated the PM from KISSFAN offering to help me out!

In the end, I decided I would be foolish to ignore the advice of so many knowledgeable people, and bought a brand new Sony M10 on EBay. It cost me a fair bit more than it would have a couple of years ago, but not as much as some of the units I had been considering. I figured it was worth the price.

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Although our experience so far is only one show, kindms M10 seems to be a great addition to our arsenal. I am certain you will be pleased with this purchase.
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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2017, 11:02:12 AM »
The M10 is a great recorder. You will love it.
This is the only recorder I have been using since 2010 and it is great for stealth taping because of its size and the fact that it doesn't have 2 large mice protruding from the unit.
Just buy a pair of rechargeable batteries and you are set.

I just wanted to highlight that most of the brand new M10 units on ebay come from Japan.
The text next to the buttons will be in Japanese, which is not a big deal, but I think that the menus will only be in Japanese as well.
I don't think you will be able to change the language to English/French/Spanish like in the US version (some more languages in the EUR version).
It is still manageable but will just require a bit more effort to know what the menu functions are.
Please see the post below from a few years ago:

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=130924.msg1735495#msg1735495

Sony may have changed the firmware in the later Japanese M10's so it may have the language option in the one you bought.
If you bought a US/EUR version one, or you know Japanese, please disregard everything I wrote in the second part of the post  :)
Enjoy your new recorder!

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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2017, 11:12:51 AM »
The M10 is a great recorder. You will love it.
This is the only recorder I have been using since 2010 and it is great for stealth taping because of its size and the fact that it doesn't have 2 large mice protruding from the unit.
Just buy a pair of rechargeable batteries and you are set.

I just wanted to highlight that most of the brand new M10 units on ebay come from Japan.
The text next to the buttons will be in Japanese, which is not a big deal, but I think that the menus will only be in Japanese as well.
I don't think you will be able to change the language to English/French/Spanish like in the US version (some more languages in the EUR version).
It is still manageable but will just require a bit more effort to know what the menu functions are.
Please see the post below from a few years ago:

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=130924.msg1735495#msg1735495

Sony may have changed the firmware in the later Japanese M10's so it may have the language option in the one you bought.
If you bought a US/EUR version one, or you know Japanese, please disregard everything I wrote in the second part of the post  :)
Enjoy your new recorder!

Thanks for the warning. I had already read that post, and duly avoided the Japanese language units :-)

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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #23 on: October 21, 2017, 01:54:53 PM »
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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #24 on: October 21, 2017, 08:55:12 PM »
I posted a video on youtube almost 7 years ago, of how to check your firmware version on the PCM-M10. Mine is 1.00 and I have not ever heard of any other version.

If anyone gets the Japanese version, there's a Language setting buried in the menu of my USA black model:

press the Menu key to enter menu mode
press 7 clicks on the Fast-Reverse button to Detail Menu
press the Play Button to choose it
press 3 clicks on the Fast-Reverse button to Language menu
use FF/FR to select language from the menu
press PLAY to choose it
press 2 clicks of the Menu key to exit all menus


Mine only lists English, Spanish, French, but when it's in those languages, the word (Language) in the menu is listed along with Idioma and Langue for clarity.
Idioma (Language) - Español
Langue (Language) - Français


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Do you have Firmware Version 1.00? Hold the STOP key to find out.
To find out the firmware version of your Sony PCM-M10 solid state audio recorder, power the machine up, then press and hold the STOP button. After about 5 seconds,, the screen will display the current firmware version. My PCM-M10/BLC is a black color model, from USA. It reports Firmware Version 1.00. If yours differs, please post here.

https://youtu.be/58y_wbGgq3g

The M10 is a great recorder. You will love it.
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Sony may have changed the firmware in the later Japanese M10's so it may have the language option in the one you bought.
If you bought a US/EUR version one, or you know Japanese, please disregard everything I wrote in the second part of the post  :)
Enjoy your new recorder!
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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #25 on: October 25, 2017, 06:47:16 PM »
Does anyone have any experience of the Olympus LS-14? That's also an option.

Not many here use the Olympus recorders, but there are a few. Haven't heard much about them in a few years.  Do a search.  Records fine and compact if I recall correctly.
My buddy who is a boom operator in Hollywood uses an Olympus LS-100 for his stealth deck. The internals create decent sounding recordings. Another friend has an Oympus LS10 and makes good recordings with the internals. I would buy Olympus if stealthing was my deal. It has a mini-jack input. It (LS-100) is larger (and more expensive new) than an M10 though.


I have used the LS-10 and when it was released, moved to the LS-11.  Very stealth, great battery life, and awesome results.  I would highly recommend this as an option if you can track one down.
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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #26 on: November 16, 2017, 12:40:15 PM »
What acidjack said. The difference in recorders at this stage of the game is mostly in features, not audio quality, and you don't need a ton of features with that mic/battery box combo. (Which is an excellent small rig, btw.)

You can still sometimes find M10s around for close to their original retail price — keep an eye on the Yard Sale here.

^^^ This. A good clean M10 will provide years of quality recording. At rugged as you will find in this class, small, easy to use, insane battery life.

The Sony finally on Tuesday, and I'm delighted with it! Thanks guys!

One thing I can confirm is the comments about the battery life! 35 hours activity on a 2300 mA pair and counting. Puts all it's rivals to shame; you have to wonder why no other unit comes close to that!

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Re: How much quality difference does the recorder make?
« Reply #27 on: November 16, 2017, 11:06:28 PM »
Glad to hear you like it. It is a great recorder.

The battery life is indeed amazing. I did a battery test using Sanyo 2700 rechargeable (the old kind, not the LSD ones) batteries in 2010 and the M10 dies after over 44 hours!
I used MP3 format so I won't run out of space. You can see that old thread here:

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=138990.msg1801415#msg1801415

Enjoy your new recorder!

 

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