I don't think my emphasis on how good a recorder actually sounds compared to other products is all that unique.
I don't think it's unique either, but your demands on how it's tested are.
For the past few months I've seen some posts of yours in M10 threads and saying things to the tune of m10 being "an unknown quantity" and how nobody's ever done a proper comparison, essentially to your standards.
If your interest was genuine, am I being unfair in suggesting that you would have bought one? Because the impression I get is you like poo-pooing something you have not heard. It comes across in your tone. If I am wrong on this, please don't take offence. Your position pretty much is that
other devices may be better than the PCM-M10 because it hasn't been tested to my standards yet, right?
Your comment that it is "shaping up to be the performance leader" made me hope someone had posted a comp that actually establishes that.
Basically, you are suggesting
"where's the proof?" here, and you expect it on a silver platter. All so you can make a (presumably) safe purchase? Am I right? Is that the main concern?
"This unit, as predicted, is shaping up to be the performance leader in this price range (and beyond)..."I stand by that 100%. Plus I wouldn't want to say anything to the contrary to shatter your illusions that I am from Sony.
That's my opinion, yes. After buying several units and hearing them, yes. Do you have evidence or opinions to the contrary? If so, share them if you are that way inclined. Test them to your exacting standards if you want.
But really it's getting tiring hearing from a person who constantly suggests the unit has not been tested properly yet doesn't do anything to have his seemingly genuine concerns about the unit answered. And you know these questions can only
really be answered by you, right?
I still can't escape the feeling that if you had genuine interest, you would have bought one by now at no or very little risk to your financial position.
At some point we'll have enough recordings to establish how good the m10 actually is.
At some point we'll all be dead, too. As I said before, what is stopping you from answering every question in your head about the PCM-M10?
There is a big difference between a recorder being very good and actually being "better". I don't jump on bandwagons unless I have a solid reason. The low noise floor specs of the m10 are very encouraging, but that alone does not assure great sound.
Your tests will alone will answer all your questions and you know this. Third parties on the web posting their samples won't. You will never be satisfied. YOUR tests will with your own equipment.
Again, it's unclear to me whether you even have a genuine interest in the model (because if you did, I'd think you would have bought one by now, made your own tests and made your own decisions). It's been a good few months that the unit has been selling now. It's a known quantity.
Love,
Your Sony employee