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Hello everyone,

The iPod is an good product. But to me, too expensive. Also my goal is not listening music, but recording sounds. To use it in experimental soundscapes, industrial-, and noise music.

Who has interesting tips for recording hardware? Price € 100 - 200 ($ 100 - 200). And what quality do i get with that price?

At an price of € 500,- i will get a lot more, a lot more, a lot more quality. But is it worth?

[tr]

i'd have to say that the best portable audio recorder i've used, in terms of sound quality and durability, is a sony minidisc recorder. the one i have (an older one, Sony MZ-R50) is all metal; the MD cartridges are pretty much bulletproof. it records in either mono or stereo; i use a little stereo condeser with it, using the regular ATRAC scheme, not one of the newer NetMD recording modes, which gives you more time per disc. i get 74/80 min per disc, and the quality is excellent. i use it mostly for field recordings used for sampling, or for recording rough music demos/ideas; i just have it recording when i mess around.

can't tell you how well the newer MD units perform, though.

tr