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Olympus TP-7 Multi Purpose Adapter

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Voice Recorders
from: Olympus

October 19, 2005
On occasions when I require audio recording from a telephone, this device has proved both reliable and affordable.

Settings advice

In my case, when using a 'Olympus' digital recorder, the microphone does take some power from the device. However, the microphone settings on the device work (i.m.h.o) best by selecting 'non-stereo' / 'low' microphone sensitivity and to record at least 'SP' recording quality.

This optimises the incoming and outgoing voice levels and gives better quality recordings. The resulting recordings prove clear but clearly limited by the telephone medium.

So in themselves the microphone is fine, but you may find confusion if you need to record both telephone and normal ... Read More:

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Olympus DS-40 Digital Voice Recorder with MP3/WMA Playback 512MB

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Voice Recorders
from: Olympus

June 10, 2007
On occasions when I require audio recording from a telephone, this device has proved both reliable and affordable.

Settings advice

In my case, when using a 'Olympus' digital recorder, the microphone does take some power from the device. However, the microphone settings on the device work (i.m.h.o) best by selecting 'non-stereo' / 'low' microphone sensitivity and to record at least 'SP' recording quality.

This optimises the incoming and outgoing voice levels and gives better quality recordings. The resulting recordings prove clear but clearly limited by the telephone medium.

So in themselves the microphone is fine, but you may find confusion if you need to record both telephone and normal ... Read More:

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Sony Table-top Compact Tape Recorder

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Voice Recorders
from: Sony

March 03, 2008
On occasions when I require audio recording from a telephone, this device has proved both reliable and affordable.

Settings advice

In my case, when using a 'Olympus' digital recorder, the microphone does take some power from the device. However, the microphone settings on the device work (i.m.h.o) best by selecting 'non-stereo' / 'low' microphone sensitivity and to record at least 'SP' recording quality.

This optimises the incoming and outgoing voice levels and gives better quality recordings. The resulting recordings prove clear but clearly limited by the telephone medium.

So in themselves the microphone is fine, but you may find confusion if you need to record both telephone and normal ... Read More:

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Olympus ME-51S Stereo Microphone

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Voice Recorders
from: Olympus

October 19, 2005
Bought to complement my WS-210S Olympus digital recorder. Seems that mixing different makes of mics and recorders can produce disappointing results!

This Olympus microphone and the Olympus WS-210S are a perfect match and work very well together.

The Olympus USA site has a better product description than any site I have seen.

It also comes with an extension lead and a tie clip so that the mic can be placed within 1m of the recorder.

This microphone requires plug-in-power, i.e. power supplied by the recorder.

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Sony M470B Micro Tape Recorder

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Voice Recorders
from: Sony

March 03, 2008
Bought to complement my WS-210S Olympus digital recorder. Seems that mixing different makes of mics and recorders can produce disappointing results!

This Olympus microphone and the Olympus WS-210S are a perfect match and work very well together.

The Olympus USA site has a better product description than any site I have seen.

It also comes with an extension lead and a tie clip so that the mic can be placed within 1m of the recorder.

This microphone requires plug-in-power, i.e. power supplied by the recorder.

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Olympus WS-300M Digital Voice Recorder and Music Player

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Voice Recorders
from: Olympus

October 19, 2005
This is definately 5 star kit, it is a bit delicate, but its tiny and weighs nothing so what can you do? I keep mine in a spectacle case in some foam so its well protected. To record live music is a little outside its capability as the music is boosted in quiet parts and clipped in loud parts and doesn't sound great when heard back, shame you can't set the record levels but then it is a voice recorder.

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Olympus DS-2300 Professional Digital Voice Recorder

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Voice Recorders
from: Olympus

October 19, 2005
This is a not too bad cheap alternative for the occasional user but if it is intended for business use you will find yourself continually shelling out for batteries. I easily use a set of batteries per week so it's not entirely the green alternative. The manual says not to use rechargeable batteries - not exactly sure why unless Olympus holds shares in Duracell.

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Sony Digital Dictation Long Rec Silver

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Voice Recorders
from: Sony

March 03, 2008
I'm presently conducting interviews as part of post graduate research and needed a dictaphone, so I got this. I must say that I'm very impressed. Unlike the previous reviewer, I can rewind. The track must be playing though - eg you can't stop playback, then rewind.

The sound quality is excellent through headphones, pretty good through the internal speaker. Batteries (which ARE included, unlike the Amazon description) last for ages, and the unit can record 30 hours of high quality audio. Recordings are also time stamped which is handy.

There is no USB connection for transporting files to mp3 on computer. However, I use Audacity (a free audio editor - google it) and plug the headphone socket into the mic socket on the front ... Read More:

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Olympus DS-50 Digital Voice Recorder with MP3/WMA Playback 1GB

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Voice Recorders
from: Olympus

June 10, 2007
The quality of the audio recordings that this little device produces is astounding for something so small. Its memory capacity and battery life are huge. It is sturdy, small, lightweight, well-designed and very easy to use. I have used it for recording everything from interviews to symphony concerts and it has coped superbly every time. The recording quality is far superior to anything I have heard from a tape recorder and the files produced can (if they are not too long) be e-mailed easily to anyone who needs them. I would happily give it 5 stars on every scale I can think of.

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Olympus VN960PC Digital Voice Recorder

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Voice Recorders
from: Olympus

October 19, 2005
This is the worst product I have ever used. I used it once and it has not worked since. Olympus will not do anything about it. The one time it did work, the sound quality was terrible, I could not understand a word of what i had said and I was holding the damn thing. Batteries last a whole 10 mins before being completely used up. The old mechanical ones with a little cassette work much better and are a lot cheaper.