I am interested in the M10 for classical music. I am a violinist and will use this mostly for solo and chamber music performances. My experience with previous flash recorders (HR-09 and Zoom H2) is that the internal mic quality is not very good. The H2 sounds muddy and the HR-09 sounds tinny.
If I purchase mics based on the Sennheiser MKE-2 capsules eg. MM-HLSO give me a better result? at $250 they promise more clarity and quality, but I am concerned because the Equivalent noise level in the Senns is pretty high (27db a weighted). Does anyone have any experience recording acoustic music with this deck and mics? The cello sample on Wingfieldaudio.com of the M10 sounds a little covered or filtered to my ears. I am looking for something that I can throw in my violin case so size is also important.
Please advise!
(I posted this in the M10 thread before sorry for the repeat post.)
First, I'm a R09-HR user.
OK, I've been using the MM-HLSO for more than a year and only have amazing things to talk about them.
Very detailed, warm and, most important to my ears, musical sounding mics.
I use them for pretty much everything with nice results.