Topic: Sony PCM-M10 (Part 2)

[fmaderjr]

i see a few times where people had slight trouble getting a card to be seen by the m10
can anyone give me the names of cards that worked fine or ones that had some trouble?
also what might be a good price - i have seen 4gb for $30, not sure if thats good or not
thanks in advance

I have had lots of trouble having my Transcend 16 GB class 2 card recognized. Works perfectly but usually takes 3-4 tries to be recognized. I's not a problem at all for me though-I just leave it in the machine and use the machine as the card reader.

[BrotherRah]

Ok,so I just picked up one of these and have been fooling around with it trying to get a feel for it.Is it me,my recorder or is something set wrong in regards to the speaker for playback I cant seem to get hardly any volume from it.Anyone know?I know most of the time headphones ware in order but sheesh you gotta hold the thing practically to your ear to hear it I expect more that that.Is his all I can expect?

[Napo]

unfortunately yes, it all you can get. The line out is excellent, though.

[fmaderjr]

You need to use headphones to really hear what's going on anyway, and the headphone amp is excellent. I guess they could have made the thing the size of a boom box and put a really great speaker in there, but you can't have everything....

[BrotherRah]

With the dpc feature I thought it would be different.Noodling around on the guitar and headphones dont mix.Yeah I know I bought it to record but that was part of the feature set that seemed kinda cool.Why even add that on without realtime practicality

[Tedley]

I think the practicality is that you can do a fast check if you are getting something or anything at all recorded without plugging in earphones or in-ear phones. Certainly no good for playback or monitoring what is going on.

[Ozpeter]

It's not a loudspeaker, it's a headphone driver mounted in the case, and if held to the ear (like a headphone) with the playback volume set low (around '5' perhaps), it actually gives a surprisingly good result, in my estimation.

[BrotherRah]

I can even begin to hear anything until about 16 or so

[Ozpeter]

I was using an mp3 file ripped from a CD which would admittedly sound louder than your own recording (where you would have set the level conservatively and not be using compression etc).

[dactylus]

is $275 the best price around for a m10??
has anyone used the sony case that comes free from B+H?
is it worth paying tax in NY in order to get the case?
thanks

$275 is the best price on B&H until like end of June. I haven't seen any of these m10s in the yard sale so I don't think people are selling them since they couldn't have had it very long at all.

The case is very nice and durable but it is not practical for the pocket so just take it out of the case and put the m10 in your pocket. The case has enough room for the recorder and memory cards...no batteries but with the incredible battery life, that won't be an issue.

$255 now at B&H with free shipping.   

(add to cart for the above price)

[willndmb]

just got a sandisc 4gb class 2 works fine in tests

[SPLASTiK]

I'm tempted. I bought a used PCM-M1 in 2003 for around $250 and taped until 2008 when at a show for some reason it wasn't showing any levels when in record. Brought it home and nothing was on playback, put in another tape and wasn't playing back. Tried to eject the tape but it won't eject now and just makes some weird high pitched noise.

Been thinking about getting back in the game and getting the DAT repaired so I could use it again and transfer a few tapes I have laying around but I figure labor cost would be as much or more than buying a new tapeless recorder. Seems pretty similar to the old M1, though I'd prefer no mics... and digi in would be nice, though not a big deal. At under $300 with shipping (no free shipping to AK) looks like a great replacement for my Sonic Studios mic setup.

[Belexes]

I'm tempted. I bought a used PCM-M1 in 2003 for around $250 and taped until 2008 when at a show for some reason it wasn't showing any levels when in record. Brought it home and nothing was on playback, put in another tape and wasn't playing back. Tried to eject the tape but it won't eject now and just makes some weird high pitched noise.

Misload of the deck.  I'd be wary of any used M1 unless it went into Prodigital for a tuneup.

The M10 will not misload. 

[Gordon]

besides space is there any disadvantage to recording to the internal memory vs the card?

[Belexes]

besides space is there any disadvantage to recording to the internal memory vs the card?

None other than the mentioned space limitation.  Will need extra memory if you tape festivals.