I was looking into the Naiant Tinybox again and sent them a email to see what I would need and got the back from them...
"You don't need a tinybox for those mics and recorder; the Busmans will connect directly to the H4n."
Yeah, because the H4N has a pair of XLR Inputs, so you dont NEED an external preamp, you could just go Busman mics>Zoom H4N
BUT, Zoom recorders arent really liked too much on good ole taperssection.com! I am not a hater per se, but I would NEVER actually buy a Zoom product
Sorry, just keeping it real and giving you MY opinion
I would still get a TinyBox if I were you. IF you can afford it
I text Phil Zone all the time, and he runs Busman BSC1 Mics>Naiant Littlebox with Output Transformers>Sony PCM-M10, and IMO, for a starter rig, it sounds damn fine! If you already have the Zoom H4N, you could still get a Tinybox with Output Transformers and see if you like that combo
Go on archive.org and listen to some of Phil Zone's recordings and see what you think of them?!?!?! The H4N is relatively new isnt it? I doubt there are many samples out there with the H4Ns built in preamps, so you would kinda be a guinea pig, especially since I doubt there are ANY Busman BSC1 Mics>Directly into H4N
Never know tho! There might be some mics>H4N recordings on archive.org