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- Enhanced sound quality
- Newly updated slimmer design
- Built-in stereo microphone and voice operated recording
- Three recording options: wide/stereo, narrow/focus and normal
- Quick charge; up to 1-hour recording time, with 3-minute charge
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Record audio precisely with excellent sound quality and three recording modes. Normal, Focus, and Wide-stereo recording modes give you the ability to record the audio that you need to capture, no matter the setting. An even more compact design allows for storage in tight spaces, and the simplified UI makes file retrieval easier than ever.
Brand: Sony
Hardware Interface: USB
Microphone Form Factor: Built-In
Format: MP3 Audio, WMA
Headphones Jack: 3 5mm Jack
Number of Batteries: 1 C batteries required. (included)
Item Dimensions LxWxH: 1.43 x 4.31 x 6.13 inches
Memory Storage Capacity: 4 GB
Item Weight: 50 Grams
Screen Size: 1.5 Inches
Product Dimensions: 1.43 x 4.31 x 6.13 inches
Item Weight: 1.76 ounces
Item model number: ICDUX570BLK
Batteries: 1 C batteries required. (included)
Date First Available: December 16, 2019
Manufacturer: Sony
Country of Origin: China
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I was looking for something that could kill two birds with one stone: 1) allow me to create an audio journal which I could easily import to my MacBook and burn onto CD; and 2) play MP3s. The audio journal thing is admittedly a quirky little project of mine, as I would have given anything if my grandfather had left behind a shoebox of cassettes with his voice and thoughts, etc., and I'm arrogant enough to hope that someone will one day wish the same of me. The MP3 capabilities are also excellent with the use of the onboard software EQ. The interface might not be the most intuitive, but it doesn't take long to learn your way around within the menus. And with one of the menu items being the ability to reset the features to default, don't be afraid to experiment thinking you might somehow lock yourself into a setting you can't undo. For simple voice recording of one's thoughts, poems, dreams, and chronicling of life-events and oddities (one person, one MIC), I find that turning every setting/filter off and setting the MIC Sensitivity to LOW works best for an updated, modern version of talking into a microcassette recorder (no need to even set the range to FOCUS). For setting the device on a table and recording a gathering of friends or whatnot, turn all settings and filters off, set the range to WIDE and the MIC Sensitivity to medium and voila! You can even save these two settings (or any other custom recording settings) under MyScene1 and MyScene2. I actually advise against using the "AUTO" settings as this tends to record hot and loud at first and drop off in volume after a few seconds of recording due to the unit attempting to self-correct it's recording levels. For excellent, crisp playback of either of these scenarios through headphones, set the five Custom EQ sliders to the following (from left to right): +2, -1, +1, +1, +3. This is also the setting I use for 99.9% of my music MP3 playback. Another neat (and HANDY!) feature is that, if you are unsure of your MIC Sensitivity, before you actually begin recording, you can press and hold the record button rather than just pressing it. This puts the recording into pause mode right out of the gate but still displays the L and R level monitors. This is how..... well, maybe I'll get a ding against me for even bringing this up, but I'm about to be REAL with ya: You know how YouTube music doesn't allow you to export your downloads as MP3s? Well, by running an aux cable from my phone or MacBook headphone port into the MIC jack of this Sony unit, you can play a few seconds of a song with the above method to see what volume level to set your phone or computer at, pause the song and back it up to the beginning, hit Record on the Sony and Play on the player. Moral gray area? Probably, but the laws of physics as pertains to electronics says it CAN be done. Something I've seen often mentioned in reviews for this and other Sony recorder units is this supposed inability to rename a folder or file anything other than the broad and boring names Sony has pre-destined. While this may be true on the unit itself, it is NOT the case once you plug the device into a computer. Just right-click on the folder or file and give it any name you want... even "Crispy Bellowing Wobble-Mallows" if you're so inclined. Back over on the unit, even longer titles will slow-scroll across the screen (once, then you have to re-highlight it to see it do this nifty little trick again). Voice-activated recording is also present and accounted for, so if you want to know if you're talking in your sleep, have at it (and with 22-hour battery life at even the highest sound-quality settings, no worries!). Startup from off to recording is negligible... if you've used the unit within 4 hours, just slide the power switch down and press Record. If it's been OVER 4 hours since the last time, well... you're just going to have to wait 1.2 entire seconds. And if your screen cuts off (which it will after 30 seconds [and this amount of time is menu-adjustable]) don't panic about messing up your recording session by pressing a button to re-light the screen... just press "BACK" and your screen reappears with the current function uninterrupted. Unfortunately, it's true what others have said about not being able to adjust the screen brightness, so if you're using this in the pitch-black of a moonless night, you're gonna blind yourself... no way around it. The good news is you have a makeshift flashlight for just such a pitch-dark moonless night... BONUS! What you CAN do, however, is switch off the unit's use of its red/green indicator light (so if you want to lie and assure someone they're NOT being recorded, this gives you a leg up in that endeavor, you mischievous miscreant!). The 4gb of onboard memory should be plenty for most, granting 5 hours of the top-tier quality recording and 40 hours of the highest MP3 quality.. Just add a memory card for extra space (64gb or higher allows for 7.3 million years of recording time... which is just ungodly and, really, WHY?). When you plug the unit into a computer via USB, you will see two separate drives for the onboard memory and the memory card. And now you can open the REC_FILE folder of either drive, pic a folder and drag-and-drop your MP3s (or move things around from folder to folder if you don't want to take the time to do it on-unit). This also starts the charging process (and 3 minutes of charging grants 1 hour of recording battery time... 3 hours to charge from bone-dry to full). I haven't tested the "record a live band or rehearsal" capabilities, so I would be making it all up if I tried to review that particular aspect of this thing. I have no reason to believe that this device would fail at that endeavor though, given the sheer number of tweakable MIC and filter settings at your disposal. As for carrying the thing around.... I understand (from YouTube reviewers) that this gadget once came packaged with a nifty little neoprene sleeve. At the time of this review, new units are no longer shipping with such. As for me, I just slip it down into a leather pouch (felt-lined) made to hold three fountain pens (I think Pelikan made this pouch, and I just folded the two dividers backwards, and, with their tendency to want to move back forward, this just added to the snugness), and there she sits, all snug as a bug and felt-protected, and I stash it in a back pocket or jacket pocket (please do not sit on the Sony ICD-UX570... please just don't! I haven't yet but I highly advise against it). So anyway, that's my review of the Sony iPod Modern Tapeless Microcassette Recorder. I've had my say...... now buy this thing and have yours!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2021 by Matthew B. Brunson
I have about 4 DIFFERENT (maybe 5) SONY branded voice recorders, since they're kind of awesome at it; ICD-UX570, ICD-UX560BLK, PCM-A10, ICDLX30BLK, that I know of. I might have more. This ranks 3rd, but I have to recommend this over my second place pick and older version UX560BLK since this one is $65 (STILL) and while I paid $65 for the UX560BLK on here, it's now like $170. Essentially those two UX models are the same; just the 570 is a newer version. Pros: -The 570 borrows a lot of design elements from the more expensive PCM line (MY FAVORITE of Sony's but that does 24-Bit 96kHz), so it looks nicer and has a nicer mic capsule setup than the 560. -I've always liked that these recorders decided to go with the retractable USB A design, which is neat and implemented well on all 3 of their models (the ICDLX30BLK doesn't offer that, and uses a miniB connection). -Build quality on this is amazing, it has that old SONY quality feel. Nice metal mic capsules, robust feeling plastic, just all around NICE. -PROPER display tech; a lot of these use TERRIBLE LCDs but like the old school watch LCDs with terrible viewing angles and backlights that destroy visibility. This is pure OLED, not fancy new OLED, single color. White or BLACK, those are the two options you get. With ENOUGH pixel density to make it easy to read menus and see the tiny icons. Also, since it is OLED it means it's relatively easy to see outdoors. -Built in mics: Stereo Separation, and good one at that. Really, REALLY darn good mics. MORE THAN competent enough for lectures, meetings, and memos. In a quiet enough room and at the right distance kept from the mouth you could use this for podcasting. The quality is there. -CD RECORDING QUALITY; this maxes out in WAV 44kHz 16bit two tracks (left and right). Now that's not HD audio levels, that's more 24-bit 96kHz or higher. But that's decent clarity. Good starting out kit. -Podcast studio in your pocket. While this one gets sloppy, it is 100% doable. They do sell dual mic lav systems with silly long cords, that does technically terminate into a 4 pole connector, but you can buy a conversion adapter and usually the dual lav mics come packed with that adapter in the pouch. They're not that bad, like $30 for a good set. So, for around $100 you can have a decent podcasting rig up and running, which is even made better since it can be your "emergency" travel studio setup. That can literally fit into your pocket. -NO SD card limitations; this thing will support them all. I've put 256GB and greater in here. THOUGH realistically, 128GB should be the max needed. Even at MAX settings. I think 128GB yielded 150+hrs of 44kHz 16bit WAV recording. Nearly a week of recording at 24hrs. -TOP MOUNTED JACKS, means you can slip it into the front pocket and not have too much bend and strain on the cables. Also given how thin this is, could slip it into the key pocket without issue as well. Cons: -Going from a 560 to 570, that generation means you lose a lot of nice CREATURE COMFORTS. Two big ones are on the 560 it told you what you were recording in, like what quality; MP3, WAV, etc and what bit rate and hertz. Not only that but the 560 had a VU meter that had numbers on it, showing you how below ZERO you were recording at. SUPPOSEDLY for speaking you're supposed to be at around -8dB. On the 570, it's just dots without numbers. Also the features they did add weren't great. -Pro for some, a con for beginners and people like me; these recorders have OPTIONS, and I mean A LOT OF THEM, and it's hard to zero in on the best quality options, since accidentally mixing one with another one can LITERALLY destroy your sound. AND IF YOU'RE like me, it gets confusing. -Mic Gain control is done in a sloppy and esoteric manner. Wished it was just NUMERICAL VALUES. I'll dedicate a special section to this. But they break up gain into two categories with three sub categories each (low, medium, high) -Built in USB; more good than bad, there is some major bad with it. 1) makes it more fragile, now mine doesn't have a lot of give, and feels sturdy enough but I can see this being a common breaking point. 2) sticks out far from your laptop meaning increased chance of damaging your laptop and recorder if you accidentally drop both. 3) Turns it into a GIANT thumbdrive meaning it's bound to block neighboring USB ports on your PC and potentially your charger as well. -DO NOT TRUST THE SPEAKERS ON THESE, they're TERRIBLE. Not even good for checking to see if it recorded. Since I recorded a session trying test them again for this review, and I thought I butchered the recording, then I pulled out my favorite IEMs and plugged it in and it didn't sound great, but literally sounded 1000x better than what the built in speaker was making it sound like. Tips: -GAIN: As I said, this uses esoteric gain values and they're not naturally logical, in my opinion. If you're recording voice memos, go with "Musical Instruments" not "VOCAL"/"Voice", I KNOW counter intuitive. You'll get WAY BETTER SOUND. So for podcasting, voice memos and LAVS; use MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS settings. I would go with Medium. This is located in two spots: Hold BACK to go to rotating menu; rotate to "Settings" > "Recording Settings" > "Built-in Mic Sensitivity" or "External Input" > "MIC IN: Sensitivity Settings" Here's the gain scale from quietest to the loudest: Low (Music), Medium (Music), Low (voice), High (Music), medium (voice), High (Voice). Low (Music) would use for loud musical recordings and voice memos where you're going to be on top of the mics. Medium (Music) closed piano, violin, acoustic; podcasting, lavaliere use low (voice) if you're putting this on a table and are going to be like 2-3 ft from it and place it between two people, this would be great. High (Music) ??? I don't know. Medium (Voice) ??? Sitting at the opposite end of a conference table of the speaker. High (Voice) sitting in the back of the lecture hall with an un-mic-ed professor. -At the highest bit rate on offer; the internal storage can store over 5hrs of recordings at 44kHz 16-bit LCM WAV. - If your lav has 4 gold bands on it, 3 black bands; YOU WILL need an adapter to use it with this device. TRRS to TRS is usually what they're called, and are usually around 8-12 USD. Not that bad. Conclusion: While I do prefer the 560; at $170 that it's now going for on Amazon, I CAN NOT recommend that. This is basically the exact same thing, slightly newer and with more features, technically. You won't be disappointed. It can become a legit podcast on the go setup. IT technically records at the exact same quality as the PodTrack Pro from ZOOM. IN A MUCH SMALLER form factor. Also, won't feel like you were swindled by this purchase. It punches above its weight and sounds good doing it.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2022 by Alex Beyer
I specialize in tech reviews and as a professional photographer and filmmaker have a good understanding of value vs. quality when it comes to recording devices. The two best in class for roughly $100 or less are the Zoom H1N vs. Sony ICD-UX570. Which is better? Read on: The better question really is “Which is best FOR YOU?” I own both and highly recommend each excellent values yet there are key differences. Let’s compare to help your decision process: SIZE AND STOWABILITY: In person each is likely quite a bit smaller than you may be expecting. The Sony is the smallest—quite tiny. This advantage is also a potential small disadvantage when standing up the recorder for interviews. While it is not likely to tip over you don’t a loud bang in the middle of an important speech. Thus, I found a great little Arae cell phone stand that weighs nearly nothing yet ensures the Sony’s not going to tip. The Zoom is bigger and bulbous around the top to protect its mics. Even though it has more size to its best it is still tipable, If you want to secure it, there is a plastic tripod thread on its sid. I use a great little mini tripod like the Manfrotto Pixi for various audio needs including holding the Zoom recorder. SOUND QUALITY AND VERSATILITY: Both superb. The Sony defaults to a darn near perfect setting for almost all uses: MP3 at 192KBPS. It’s broadcast quality yet makes for very small file sizes. If you don’t mind slightly bigger files, the Zoom has slightly higher quality MP3 setting giving the option to use 320 KBPS. If you don’t mind huge files, the absolute highest quality setting for the Sony is uncompressed LCPM. The Zoom has several WAV choices including 96KHZ/24 bit. Speaking of sound quality, when using meters to set optimal levels, Zoom makes it easy with a gain control dial right in front. However, that advantage can also be a job killer as the dial can easily be turned without you knowing it. I prefer to lock it out by most often selecting the Auto Level button also on the front of the recorder. In terms of sheer versatility, the Zoom does more but that makes it more complex to use. Its controls can be aggravating and are not particularly user friendly. Although the Sony selection menus are not the easiest to navigate, compared with the Zoom the selections are far more user friendly and easily tested to achieve excellence for any given situation. RECORDING TIME AND FLEXIBILITY: Sony wins due to several factors. It has a long lasting built in battery that is easily charged via its built in USB connector. Zoom takes two AAA batteries—no big deal but so its batteries don’t run out in the middle of a job I prefer to change to new ones each time I record. The Sony has 4GB of recording space built in. The Zoom has none. Lastly, the Sony can take a 64GB Mini SDXC cardwhile the Zoom will not formatny SDHC card bigger than 32GB. BUILT QUALITY: The Sony is solidly build and impressive. I was surprised by the Zoom’s cheap, plasticky feeling. Mine came with a defective headphone jack although in the unlikely event that should also happen to you, I’m sure Amazon will make it right. CONCLUSION: Both are fine recorders and it is hard to nitpick among two best in class machines. For anyone other than a pro, I suggest the Sony. I strongly prefer it for ease of use and build quality, too. It costs quite a bit less than the Zoom although both recorders are excellent values. If you have more time to tinker, you may love the Zoom. With either, although the built in mics are quite good, I prefer to use easy-to-plug-in 3.5mm mics whenever possible. It’s worth having two basic types in your kit. As you may already know consider getting a wired ominidirectional lavalier such as the terrific ones from Rode and Sennheiser starting at $50. For the best interview sound quality, it is great to have a small directional cardioid mic such as the near identical ones from Boya and Movo for $35 or less. I mount the mic on a mini tripod. Small cartioid mics like these also double as a great solution for mirrorless cameras and DSLRs. Hope this too long review has been of some small help. Best of luck in your searc and keep on recording the good stuff!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2022 by Johnny
Super easy to read LED Screen, ultra fast chargeable charger with 22 hrs long lasting, built in lithium battery. Perfect light weight shape /form. It has ultra exceptional voice, and internal/audiobook etc. Super Clear recording sound capabilities. The USB that is used for connecting UX570 recorder to your computer and for charging it, pops out of an inclosed area at bottom of recorder like magic- then tucks back away inside recorder when not in use. There are a plethora of great features with this must buy- 5 Star⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️SD card capable recorder. If you’re looking for the Perfect/best recorder this is it. Buy it used like new for the best deal. I purchased mine for $54, and it came delivered in like new- fantastic condition. How great is this for long internal recordings-You can charge The UX570 while recording, you’ll never run out of power again.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2023 by Chet
The media could not be loaded. Before I even turned it on. I found a brief paper manual. I truly believe if there is no manual then the manufacturer cut too many corners. I respect Sony for including a paper manual. The device is comfortable in the hand. It has a subtle sleek look. Not quite secret agent look, but nice. It has a nice feel, non slip, but smooth. I would've liked to see a lanyard/hand strap in the box, but they did include a lanyard hole. I would've liked a little USB extender. The pop out is nice, but some holes are tighter. The screen has a nice look. Overall the style is reminiscent of early electronics yet uodated. [INTERMISSION:Imagine music, I have to try it later]. Stay tuned! [The display won't come on. It worked for awhile now it's all dark although it does record and play. The Talley lamp quit to for awhile The display and Talley lamp started working again. ] The power on has to be held to avoid accidents, I like that. Pushing the power switch up HOLDS it in state it's in already, like a keyboard lock & the screen says HOLD. It has nice safety. The input is definitely stereo. The recording has a high / low pass or OFF filter. The playback has a few channel equalizer. Yhe playback speed can be changed from -25% to 3x . The Talley light is nice. The audio is really good. The internal mics work rather well. It'll get crickets pretty well. The VIDEO is made with the audio recording @ 192kbps MP3 recorded on ICD UX-570. At the beginning you can here the beep from the camera, also page turning @8:17. I used both internal and external mics at different points in the video.> The input Mic/line is in stereo :) Thx Sony it's nice, a few shortfalls, but it is a nice tool. I truly like it. If the display acts up I'll update. Update about a year later: I love this thing. As it stands it uoerates very naturally with the minds processes. The menu is well formed and the tools get more useful the longer you use it. The screen and leds are good most of the time, but seem to have rare off "moods" (on occasion the screen won't come back on after it times out, then a forced long power on cycle usually fixes it) Its very durable. Of course it's not meant to be water resistant, but be cautious if it rains, only a few drops can be goofy (just turn it off n let it dry for ~ an hr) overall it is really nice. You can rename folders to a factor set list of things or rename them on the conputer. When renaming in tge device it uses the preset with a number in case you have used it more than once, i.e.: music01, musuc02, music03 ... There are multiple "Scenes" 2 are designed to be customized and one "Off" I believe removers it's settings. These scenes can be searched for on the device. I personally use the "Scenes" for distinguishing subject matter. If you select a specific scene it shows on the display; when you change the settings after choosing a scene it will display a "*" (asteris) by the scene name on the screen; thus allows me to choose a scene and adjust the setting to my environment while still being able to search for that scene type in my recordings.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2021 by 1world4us2share 1world4us2share
For taping conversations, calls, and audios, it could be better, but appears decently clear for the price point. Perhaps I have yet to tweak settings I'm unfamiliar with. The pause button was elusive. It took a while to find. It could have easily been on the instructions. Perhaps it is, but I didn't find it there. I finally found it: the Stop button is also the Pause button. The stop button is a black box (⬛). The Pause button should be 2 lines (⏸️), should it not? It's not. It's the same black box. So far, so good. Still checking it out.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2023 by G
Easy to use, good features, & small size for easy portability. Perfect for any need.
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2023 by Martha Sissons
This is the right size, great sound, very adaptable, nearly perfect. Any smaller would be hard to handle. The stereo works well despite the microphones being so close together. It is easy to upload and transcribe mp3 files (I use Word in Office 365). My score overall would be 5 except I think they should update to the newer USB-C connector (though this older format is fine and maybe more universal). Superb device.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2023 by Reuel
Small size easily placed on shelf or other spot to record clearly
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2023 by GerLd Love Sr
I have used many recorders over the years. This one does well. The only thing that is challenging is to charge it you have to have a usb connection. That is the only thing I wish it had two options or came with a cord to charge it in addition to the usb. It works for the light use I need it for.
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2023 by Kim
I have A/B compared this with the Zoom H1n. I put them right next to each other and recorded some piano, vocals, and random sounds in the kitchen. I loaded them into Audacity, level matched and "pan-matched" (see issue #1) and listened with headphones. What I found was that the Sony has a few issues: 1. Not sure if it's just on my version but every sound was biased towards the left microphone even though it was centered on the other recorder. So, to make a fair comparison with the H1n, I had to first pan all the sounds a bit towards the right. 2. Not really a sound issue, but bad design decision to make mp3 the default, and the max bitrate for mp3 is 192 kb/s, which is not high enough to get rid of the "underwater-sound" artifacts which mp3's are known for. I had to change it to .wav and redo the recordings for a fair comparison. 3. The most important issue: I would not have noticed this without the A/B comparison (the built-in mics are actually quite good for the price); however, the sounds are nowhere near as realistic as the H1n. They are tinny and lacking in the mid range. With the Sony I felt like I was listening to a high-quality recording; with the H1n I felt like I was there. It's one of those things where you don't know what you're missing out on, until you hear the better version. 4. Not sure if it's just my imagination or an offshoot of the previous issue, but it seems that there's some very subtle phasing artifact between left/right with the Sony (maybe due to position of the mics, though I'd be surprised if that were the cause because I have owned previous recorders which weren't perfectly X/Y and never noticed this). tl;dr: If your budget is limited this is probably your best bet; however, if you're a sucker for great sound, it's worth spending a bit of extra money for something higher quality.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2022 by Max Loh
I tested this digital recorder after it was fully charged (didn't take long). For a Sony product, I am disappointed this recorder fell short of intended use. That would be lectures and training. The speaker would be about 15 feet away. This was first tested in my home with my husband speaking. He was 10 feet away with nothing obstructing the recorder. With volume up high...I could barely hear what he was saying during playback. Needless to say, this isn't going to work for my training over the next few days...I don't have time to replace this piece. I do not recommend this digital recorder from Sony.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2023 by Mary H Mary H
I have tried and compared several audio recorders , both hardware and software . This is the best out of all . Though its price is less, it is very practical and easy to use when compared to much more expensive to recorders like Olympus high end .
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2023 by A Ga, USA resident
The media could not be loaded. I play guitar and do a lot of finger style arrangements of classic songs on guitar. I've had this device only a short while but it;s quickly becoming an invaluable tool me. When I (think) have a song down ill record it in its entirety then listen back for flaws and timing issues and repeat the process until its satisfactory. Clapton did a similar thing the he was learning blues- it is a good way to learn. This device starts up extremely fast and starts recording with one button press. To me this is the most important thing as It doesn't interpret my work flow with slow start up. Menu is extremely intuitive and logically done as well. I have the Tascam DR-05 as well which has far superior sound however I prefer this. Tascam start is about 5 seconds. This starts up I about.05 seconds. Also this is rechargeable Tascam takes 2 batteries. This is a third of the size of the Tascam. And means it can easily be misplaced if your not careful so always back up your recordings! UPDATE: I recently purchaseda Roland R-07 for superior sound and ability to rename files on the device itself. It was extremely fiddly and hard to navigate, Also very slow to name tracks youhave to click about fifty times to find just a single letter. You could spend potentially hours just aiming a handle full of tracks. Button twiddling is the enemy of creation imo. Oh and I timed the start up time (Yikes see video! also note the less fiddly location of the record button on the Sony.) Probably appeal to the younger generation anyway who have patience for this kind of thing. Really made me apprecaite the intuitive Sony interface. My conclusion for recording acoustic guitar is use this or a good ol cassette recorder.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2022 by Natokowsky
As a Secretary of my organization I want to be precise with wording as many "motions" are made. My reports need to be as exact as possible. The room is 30 x 40 feet and I can pick up the voices from almost anywhere in the room provided no one talks over the person who has the floor. the recorder will muffle loud and sharp sounds such as the chairman (two seats from me) banging the gavel!! I cab see at a glance if a voice is too low, so I can up the sensitivity and ask the speaker to repeat. Most meetings run an hour and a half and battery doesn't run out Excellent recorder!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2023 by Amazon Customer