I have been thinking about using a recorder as a player. Why do this? I would like to use AA or AAA nimh rechargeable batteries as the power source. I would also like to be able to occasionally get decent recordings(mostly of lectures).
What are the downsides to this? The first is a lack of tag browsing. I don't know of any recorders with tag browsing. Navigating just by folders is okay for me if the files will sort in alphabetical order within the folders(so I can give the filenames a numerical prefix to get them in the order I want). On some recorders, the files only sort based on date and time created.
I was looking at the Olympus WS700m and some of the Sony models with a card slot. I want something under $100 with a card slot and decent sound quality. The sub $100 Sony recorders with a card slot only support mp3 bitrates up to 192 kbps. The Olympus ws700m doesn't support variable bitrate files. I haven't heard any of these.
I looked at the Zoom H1, however battery life is only 10 hours on that. The Sony and Olympus models get around 23-25 hours for the single AAA models, and around double that for the two AAA battery models.
Anyone here have any experience using a sub $100 recorder with a card slot as a player?
