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Sony PCM-M10 announced.

post #1 of 15
7/20/09 at 2:37am
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Yet another cool sound recorder...
Sony's PCM-M10 digital audio recorder brings pro quality to laypeople, Southern Californians

Official press release:
http://www.sonybiz.net/biz/view/Show...e=PressRelease
http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-aud...s-pcmm10.shtml

Shipping: October 2009
Price: USD 399. Nice.. nice... Sony X1000 direct contender?

And hope it has SPDIF digital out too... Yess.. my next target... Good match with my D10.


Good luck
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post #2 of 15
7/20/09 at 2:47am
Sound great to me. His brother D50 is legend
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post #3 of 15
7/20/09 at 5:05am
Hi-rez and digital out... I wonder if this would also make for a nice DAP. I've been on the fence over replacing my iPod. This and the Korg look like they might make good substitutes.
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post #4 of 15
7/20/09 at 5:09am
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If it has the SPDIF out, then, it will be an EXCELLENT DAP , Can use both SD and Memory Stick... good storage. USD 399, very tempting price too...
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post #5 of 15
7/20/09 at 5:36am
the play function may be limitied such as the classification of album and artist and shuffle
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post #6 of 15
9/7/09 at 8:08pm
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Sad to say that this recorder does not has SPDIF out.

There are 2 version of colors, Black and Red. Ooo.. Red recorder, quite striking.

Official specs.
Sony Product Detail Page - PCMM10/B


TQ
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post #7 of 15
9/7/09 at 11:37pm
Still nothing compared to what Marantz produce I'm afraid.
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post #8 of 15
9/8/09 at 12:04am
you never know if the amp section, output section, etc., is even good for portable use. i doubt sony focus on that for a professional recorder as its primary use will be storage, recording and then transferring via usb or sd card to a computer.

i would imagine that their best sounding player is and will remain, the x series.
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post #9 of 15
9/8/09 at 12:25am
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I don't care much about the line out or hp out quality. I am more interested in SPDIF out, because, I can pair it to any DAC or digital amp that I have. And the PCM-M10 is the cheapest and smallest PCM recoder from Sony.

Thank you.
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post #10 of 15
9/22/09 at 4:46pm

the big omission

The glaring omission on these recorders is digital IN, not out. With no XLR jacks, we have no way of getting signals from high-quality mics into this thing; there are portable external A/D converters for mics, but these recorders can't take 'em. So you're stuck with a lame 1/8" jack and the undoubtedly less-than-stellar built-in A/D converters.

Leaving XLRs off for space savings is forgivable (although the crummy MicroTrack manages to fit 1/4" TRS connectors in a puny device), but it kinda ruins a field recorder if you can't get decent mic signals into it.
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post #11 of 15
12/6/09 at 10:10am
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Originally Posted by Stokestack View Post
So you're stuck with a lame 1/8" jack and the undoubtedly less-than-stellar built-in A/D converters.
If the PCM-M10 is anything like the PCM-D50, it will have excellent A/D.

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Originally Posted by Stokestack View Post
Leaving XLRs off for space savings is forgivable (although the crummy MicroTrack manages to fit 1/4" TRS connectors in a puny device), but it kinda ruins a field recorder if you can't get decent mic signals into it.
It's still not impossible to get XLR into it, but point taken.
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post #12 of 15
12/6/09 at 10:56am
I hope this won't be counted as a thread derail, but Alessis have an audio interface called the Protrack which turns the feeble iPod into a do-it-all field recorder with mics, balanced inputs Alesis Protrack. While, I'd prefer to have a sony recorder, this one at least lets me use an iPod as a player and field recorder. I may order one in the new year after selling a headphone!
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post #13 of 15
12/6/09 at 11:03am
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OR this
Geek Stuff 4 U - For Geeks By Geeks Logitec LIC-iREC03P Module

I think that is ok to OT a little bit.
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post #14 of 15
12/6/09 at 11:14am
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Originally Posted by brooce View Post
If the PCM-M10 is anything like the PCM-D50, it will have excellent A/D.



It's still not impossible to get XLR into it, but point taken.
True the PCM D50 is one of the best players I've heard with a very powerful output.
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post #15 of 15
12/6/09 at 11:44am
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Originally Posted by bakhtiar View Post
OR this
Geek Stuff 4 U - For Geeks By Geeks Logitec LIC-iREC03P Module

I think that is ok to OT a little bit.
Thanks for the link bakhtiar. It is interesting. The Protrack however, sports balanced input from TRS or XLR as well as mics, and houses the storage unit (iPod) inside a protective case. For recording lectures or simple voice stuff, the LogiTech tool might work (and be interesting for interviews), but for proper recording, the Protrack is probably the best there is for the iPod group. Still, I would prefer a nicely made Sony with pre-record buffers etc.

I started in taperssection before going to hydrogenaudio and finally, here!
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