[gui-talk] Olympus recorders

Thu Feb 1 19:13:02 CST 2007

YOu know,

When I first heard about these new recorders they really sounded
great and maybe a perfect replacement for the Book Courier.  But,
at the same time I had the feeling that it was too good to be true,
and apparently that's the way it is.

Maybe it's okay for someone who just wants a digital recorder, but
if you're serious about such things as using it for a player as
well, it just isn't worth it in it's current state.  

It also goes to show that accessability is in the eyes of the
accesser.

Don

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On 2/1/2007 at 8:04 PM George and Pamela Dominguez wrote:

>Okay, but the things you said disappointed you are things that
would
>disappoint me, too.  I don't want to pay a lot of money, or for
that
>matter,
>any money for something full of hiss, and I would want something
that had
>line ins and outs, too.  I see those things as short-comings.
Pam.
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Dane Trethowan" <danetrethowan at iprimus.com.au>
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>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 5:13 PM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Olympus recorders
>
>
>> Ok, well let's get one thing perfectly clear, just because I
don't
>> think something is suitable for me doesn't mean that I'm telling
>> people they shouldn't use it themselves, if the Olympus recorder
>> sounds the sort of thing you'll want to use then fine! use it to
your
>> hearts content, the point I'm making here is that it wouldn't
suit me
>> as I believe it has some critical limitations and problems and
for
>> the price I believe you should be getting a little more. I've
already
>> expressed my disappointment at the level of audio hiss present
in
>> some of the recordings I've now heard, for a digital recorder
this is
>> not good and there is no excuse for that.
>> I expressed disappointment that the unit has no line in or out
jacks
>> however I can see where Olympus is coming from here, I guess
with
>> something designed mainly for dictation purposes which this
machine
>> is, then such things as line in and out are not worth
considering.
>> Finally my greatest annoyance would be that the memory cannot be
>> expanded, swapped etc, that's worse than a conventional cassette
>> recorder and a bad flaw.
>> So I guess the question has to be asked, are people prepared to
pay
>> this sort of money for something which on the whole, isn't
really
>> anything in my view to write home about? Are people willing to
pay
>> all this money just for a voice guidance system?? I'm certainly
not
>> but that's just me. I'm after the new Minidisc machine as this
sort
>> of device will suit me better. It will handle dictation easily
thanks
>> to its feeld microphone or any other external microphones you
may
>> care to use. You can edit your notes or your audio recordings
"on the
>> fly", that's more than can be said for my Iriver and the lack of
>> editing facilities is a huge disappointment for me on that
machine
>> but this topic is probably for another post.
>> I can record audio to my hearts content thanks to the
analog/digital
>> line input and output.
>> Yes, the minidisc recorder doesn't have a voice guideance system
that
>> I grant you however I have 2 minidisc machines here, both of
which
>> I've been able to access many of the functions of including the
>> editing functions, by having someone read parts of the manual to
me,
>> taking notes and having someone go through the menus of my
machines
>> whilst I write so taking this into account, I'd rather something
with
>> functionality over voice guidance systems etc, they're nice but
>> they're not the only thing which makes a good product.
>>
>> On 02/02/2007, at 2:53 AM, George and Pamela Dominguez wrote:
>>
>> Do you have one you would suggest instead??  Pam.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dane Trethowan" <danetrethowan at iprimus.com.au>
>> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:03 AM
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Olympus recorders
>>
>>
>> > I'm going to have a few cents here as well.
>> > The recorder is not for me but this is just me.
>> > Firstly, it doesn't have any line in or out so that takes it
off the
>> > list for a start and given this fact then I personally
wouldn't call
>> > the recorder a "quality recorder", its meant as a dictation
machine
>> > it would seem to me and probably doest that jub reasonably
well.
>> > The other thing which turns me of this unit is the hiss the
unit
>> > seems to generate in all the samples I've heard thus far.
>> > Now I CANNOT CONFIRM THIS BECAUSE I'VE NOT HEARD IT FOR MYSELF
BUT
>> > I'VE TALKED TO OTHER USERS OF THIS RECORDER AND THEY SAY IT
"CLIPS"
>> > VERY EASILY, THAT BEING THE CASE THEN THIS IS BAD AS THERE IS
NO
>> > REASON WHY THIS SHOULD HAPPEN WITH A digital recording device.
>> >
>> > On 01/02/2007, at 6:44 PM, albert griffith wrote:
>> >
>> > Dane, thanks
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Dane Trethowan" <danetrethowan at iprimus.com.au>
>> > To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:31 AM
>> > Subject: [gui-talk] Olympus recorders
>> >
>> >
>> > | since this seems to be a hot topic right now, I thought I'd
mention
>> > | that you'll find another review in 2 parts at
>> > | http://www.blindcooltech.com
>> > |
>> > | Dane Trethowan
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