Topic: Olympus LS 11

[JFP]

Most folks here prefer the Sony M10 as the hand held of choice!!

you must differ, don't know where he is from but actually in the EU the price of the M10 is still out of range. So there are better options - like the ls11 or the roland / edirol r05

@ jfp. if you want to record that loud stuff, don't forget to get a set of nice microphones + battery box + you got more and better optoins of placing them.

i see you ordered Ca14's ok thats the way to go 

where and how would you place the mics ? I have read in hats.. how ?

[TimeBandit]

hat or earphone like worn or wear on glasses with croakies. OK last point the ca14 might be a bit to big. Ordered a pair of CA11 including croakies for that kind of operations. ;-)

[dyneq]

I went with this recorder and have not regretted it. It is built like a tank and is ergonomically excellent. It feels great in your hand and operating it is dead easy. One thing I have done is disable the 'recording now' light to avoid unnecessary scrutiny.

One thing that has really surprised me: the internal cardioid mics are very good! I do have a preamp and external mics, and when I bought it, I didn't intend to use the internals at all, but have pulled some amazing recordings with them. Here's one example:

http://www.archive.org/details/MountainViewElementary30thAnniversaryConcertBroomfieldCoApril27th.

I can share a classical example if there is interest.

I'm also thinking that I will try the mic in for PA recordings of rock/reggae because rolling off at 60Hz may not be a bad effect in some circumstances.