Topic: any replacement due for the Zoom H4n? Rumors?

[kenyee]

Anyone hear any rumors of a replacement for the H4n?  The H4 was released way back in 2008...H4n in 2009...seems overdue w/ all the new competitors :-)

[fmaderjr]

Zoom sucks.

Was an early H4 adopter. Should have read about it on taperssection first, but was not yet aware of this board.....

[kenyee]

LOL.  Compared to the competition now, no doubt.

That's why I was hoping something new is on the horizon since everyone else has raised the bar for how clean the sound should be :-)

[Jema]

Despite the harder competition, the zoom brand is still strong in low budget applications (I own an Olympus LS-5 that I've let some people borrow to use as a bit bucket on DSLR shoots, and they all seem to refer to it as a Zoom, as if it's a synonym for recorder). Despite the low quality, it's a pretty flexible unit and pretty good for hobby musicians and journalists.

I don't think it's going to be replaced for at least a few years.

[dallman]

Despite the harder competition, the zoom brand is still strong in low budget applications (I own an Olympus LS-5 that I've let some people borrow to use as a bit bucket on DSLR shoots, and they all seem to refer to it as a Zoom, as if it's a synonym for recorder). Despite the low quality, it's a pretty flexible unit and pretty good for hobby musicians and journalists.

I don't think it's going to be replaced for at least a few years.

I guess you could say the same for the term "Bit Bucket". As far as I know the Olympus LS-5 does not have a digital input, so it could not be used as a "Bit Bucket"  A "Bit Bucket" is a device that accepts and records or copies a digital stream that is sent from some sort of analog to digital device (ADC), kind of like a holding bucket for data stream bits. The LS-5 is used as a recorder and records a digital recording, but it is not a bit bucket. So I think you mean that you use it as a digital recorder along with a DSLR.

[John Willett]

I would look at the Olympus LS-100 or the Edirol R-26, myself.