Sony PCM-D100

[Mike Davis]

News flash from a headphone enthusiast who uses the PCM-M10 as a 96/24-capable player (Line Out to an external headphone amp)...

The Sony PCM-D100 has been released in Asia!

Supports recording and playback DSD 2.8MHz/1bit, linear PCM 192kHz/24bit

Optional 2x or 4x up-sampling on playback

Supports DSD/WAV/FLAC/MP3/WMA/AAC

Supports SDXC cards

Separate 2-channel record level adjustments

With four AA alkaline batteries, recording times of about 25 hours are possible

http://www.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sony.jp%2Fic-recorder%2Fproducts%2FPCM-D100%2Fspec.html























At Sony China store:  5,999 RMB = $980 US (currently)

At Sony Japan store:  99,800 Yen = $1,007 U.S. (currently)

[saltyheaven]

looks a lot like a D50...

[H₂O]

DSD is a big plus in my book - looks like it has optical in as well

Hopefully around same price as the D50

[dogmusic]

Optical in and out. Looks like they want to grab the growing DSD playback market. (Also has FLAC playback!)

And it certainly looks like a D50 successor. Maybe an M10 successor little brother is yet to come.

32 GB built-in memory. Nice.

[udovdh]

For recording: does it give us PIP at 5V or more?
Or have any recording related features over the M10?

[flintstone]

The D100 is about the same size as the D50,
so just barely pocketable.

D100
Dimensions About 72.0 × 156.8 × 32.7mm
Weight (including battery)    About 395g

D50
Dimensions About 72.0 × 154.5 × 32.7mm
Weight (including battery)    About 365g

[jbell]

Nice!  I wonder when they will be available in the U.S.   

[H₂O]

For recording: does it give us PIP at 5V or more?
Or have any recording related features over the M10?

I would hope with DSD and 24/192 the sound quality would be better than the M10

My Korg MR-1 sounds much better then the M10 and at least as good as the SD7xx series

I always used an external pre with these recorders so my expectations are higher then someone using an M10'as internal pre or lower end pocket pre for clip on style mics in low pro situations

But DSD definitely opens up the sound IMO

[page]

My Korg MR-1 sounds much better then the M10 and at least as good as the SD7xx series

I'll give Korg that one, as much as the MR-1 was a POS to run in the field, it sounded good. It was also one of the few handheld units that had balanced inputs IIRC...

[Mike Davis]

I just now called Sony's U.S. sales headquarters at the number shown below and asked...

"Do you know when Sony will be releasing the new PCM-D100 recorder here in the United States?"   

Answer:  "No, I don't know."

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Executive Office
Sony Corporation of America
550 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022-3211
Phone: 212-833-6800

[jb63]

Nice to see them moving forward some.

I'll wager the Korg MR1 is still going to be a better bucket, but if this can succeed the D50 and be as pocket-sized as the M10, the are going to sell a LOT of them.

[colargol]

Optical in and out. Looks like they want to grab the growing DSD playback market. (Also has FLAC playback!)

And it certainly looks like a D50 successor. Maybe an M10 successor little brother is yet to come.

32 GB built-in memory. Nice.

I was afraid Sony wouldn't make any new audio only recorders... this indeed makes me hopeful for a successor for M10 :-)

[jbell]

I doubt it!!  IMO the M10 and D50 are much better hand held recorders than the MR1. 

Nice to see them moving forward some.

I'll wager the Korg MR1 is still going to be a better bucket, but if this can succeed the D50 and be as pocket-sized as the M10, the are going to sell a LOT of them.

[stancourtney]

Does anyone know the voltage requirements of the PCM-D50?  The M-10 is 3 volts which is great for my long duration nature recordings.

[voltronic]

Here's a close-up picture of the record level dial I found on Head-Fi.  It appears that this hinged shield lets you lock the record level dial or at least cover it to prevent accidental movement in a pocket.  Hopefully it's metal, but it looks like molded plastic.