Sony PCM-A10 (Part 2)

[mrfender]

Bit the bullet and ordered from the link in taperwheeler's post.  Holy cow is this thing tiny, not much bigger than a car key fob.  You can read about the dimensions all you want but until I actually held it in my hand, I had no idea.

[shadowfax1007]

Is anyone here using the Japanese model and able to give feedback?

Does it function 100% the same?
Is it easy enough to navigate once you know the options?
Does it connect and function correctly with the phone application if the device is in Japanese but your phone is English?

I've had an A10 come up in my area for a decent price that I'm thinking I'll jump on.

[morst]

Is anyone here using the Japanese model and able to give feedback?

Is there a Japanese localized A10? I have a Japanese PCM-M10, but that's an older model.

Looking to pick one up and found a good price thru an Ebay vendor from China. The listing claims it is U.S. A Series.  Does anyone know if there have been different series of models and if there should be concerns with buying?

Make absolutely sure it is an international model. The Japanese market models are hardware locked to Japanese and can not be changed.

Oh. Photos or link?

[goodcooker]

I finally caved in and got one of these. It is true that until you hold it in your hand you don't realize how tiny this thing is. The remote app is a game changer. Between the Wingman app for the Mixpre6 and the Remote Rec app for the A10 I'm feeling very spoiled by technology.

The internal mics sound surprisingly good for sketch recording around the house. I used it to capture some song ideas when I was fooling around with my mandolin at my GF's house. The tracks sound good playing into the internals from a foot away. Very pleasantly surprised.

[Niels]

Looking to pick one up and found a good price thru an Ebay vendor from China. The listing claims it is U.S. A Series.  Does anyone know if there have been different series of models and if there should be concerns with buying?

Make absolutely sure it is an international model. The Japanese market models are hardware locked to Japanese and can not be changed.

Oh. Photos or link?

Of what?

[morst]

Looking to pick one up and found a good price thru an Ebay vendor from China. The listing claims it is U.S. A Series.  Does anyone know if there have been different series of models and if there should be concerns with buying?

Make absolutely sure it is an international model. The Japanese market models are hardware locked to Japanese and can not be changed.

Oh. Photos or link?

Of what?

I will believe there is a Japanese language version of this recorder when I see a photo of it.

[guitard]

Looking to pick one up and found a good price thru an Ebay vendor from China. The listing claims it is U.S. A Series.  Does anyone know if there have been different series of models and if there should be concerns with buying?

Make absolutely sure it is an international model. The Japanese market models are hardware locked to Japanese and can not be changed.

Oh. Photos or link?

Of what?

I will believe there is a Japanese language version of this recorder when I see a photo of it.

[checht]

I will believe there is a Japanese language version of this recorder when I see a photo of it.

Stay strong Morst, Japanese A10s can only be activated by Jewish space lasers.

[Niels]

Looking to pick one up and found a good price thru an Ebay vendor from China. The listing claims it is U.S. A Series.  Does anyone know if there have been different series of models and if there should be concerns with buying?

Make absolutely sure it is an international model. The Japanese market models are hardware locked to Japanese and can not be changed.

Oh. Photos or link?

Of what?

I will believe there is a Japanese language version of this recorder when I see a photo of it.

I notice some people believes it would be trivial to navigate the menus with the help from Google Translate.
To each their own.

I personally wouldn't want to sit in the dark, needing to change a setting fast and fumble with Google Translate.
See attachments:

[shadowfax1007]

Looking to pick one up and found a good price thru an Ebay vendor from China. The listing claims it is U.S. A Series.  Does anyone know if there have been different series of models and if there should be concerns with buying?

Make absolutely sure it is an international model. The Japanese market models are hardware locked to Japanese and can not be changed.

Does it work with the app though?
Might be easier to navigate core functions in English with the app.

Oh. Photos or link?

Of what?

I will believe there is a Japanese language version of this recorder when I see a photo of it.

I notice some people believes it would be trivial to navigate the menus with the help from Google Translate.
To each their own.

I personally wouldn't want to sit in the dark, needing to change a setting fast and fumble with Google Translate.
See attachments:

[robgronotte]

I'm not sure if I'd want the Japanese version either, but I never even have to look at the device when I'm at a show. Just turn it on and then control with the app. The only thing I have ever had to change with the device controls is to switch been line in and mic in and I can know which one to use before getting to the venue.

[Niels]

The question then remains; will the Japanese model communicate with the international app or will it only communicate with the Japanese version? And if the latter, will you even be able to download load it from a Japanese app store?

[morst]

I notice some people believes it would be trivial to navigate the menus with the help from Google Translate.
To each their own.

I personally wouldn't want to sit in the dark, needing to change a setting fast and fumble with Google Translate.
See attachments:

Thanks for the detailed pics. I don't have to use the menus on my A10 recorder out in the field very much, but I can understand wanting easy-to-read menus.

Attached are the images from my results using google translate phone app on the images you posted.
Note that it tries to read the level meters as a string of digits.

I will believe there is a Japanese language version of this recorder when I see a photo of it.

Stay strong Morst, Japanese A10s can only be activated by Jewish space lasers.

Well, as a jew, I have one, so that's no problem.

[shadowfax1007]

I picked up an A10 this week (Japanese Model) and gave it a test run last night. Took my wife to see one of her favourite bands ITZY (K-pop girl group) so I threw it in my pocket. I'm honestly just awe at the quality the in built mics can put out. I've included an attachment of raw audio from the A10 mics in the outward facing position in case anyone else wanted another sample to listen to.

Is it the best sounding recording in the world? Absolutely not. Is it perfectly listenable and enjoyable? Sure is.
I've pulled worse tapes over the years with some of my external mics - so I was shocked to hear what I captured with the internals. From memory I started at Recording Level 5 and bumped it down to Level 4 and it was great. Being able to monitor levels from my phone was a game changer too. With a tiny bit of polish in Izotope RX 10 to boost vocals and drop a bit of mud, this became a recording I'm happy to throw in my collection. To be clear though, the attached sample is not edited. The only downside was that Security didn't direct me through the walkthrough metal detector and I didn't get wanded - I actually really wanted to get checked to see if it would get picked up or not. So that remains to be seen for next time.

Looking forward to throwing this into my stealth rig now and seeing what I can capture with some of my usual shows.

[morst]

using the internal mics, record level of 6 with limiter on will be as good as it gets, in my experience.
Have not really tried without the limiter...