[net.audio] portable cassette recorder suggestions?

malik@delphi.DEC (Karl Malik ZK01-1/F22 1-1440) (04/23/84)

Subj; portable cassette recorder

	What I'd like is - a VERY GOOD portable (battery/AC option),
stereo, cassette recorder. With dolby b (ideally c also). Aux in, and
aux out, headphone jacks, tape counter, some kind of meters, & tone
control(s). Should accept external mikes.

	I live in New Hampshire and can't find anything like it. Does
it exist? If it's good enough, I'm willing to pay up to $800 (excluding
microphones).

	I'll be using it for a wide variety of purposes (sound effects,
conversation, AND MUSIC).

	What do ethnomusicologists, naturalists, etc., use in the field?

	All suggestions appreciated.

						,Karl

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noel@cubsvax.UUCP (04/24/84)

SONY makes two decent portable casette recorders: the walkman pro
(about $300) and another small model which has been out for about
four years, in the same ballpark pricewise.  I doubt that these are
good enough for most ethnomusicological field work though.  If you
want that type of quality, I think Nakamichi makes an excellent
model.  The best field work is still done with Nagra portable reel-to-reel
as far as I know.  I don't own any of the stuff mentioned, but know
people with the SONY's who are very happy with them.
-Noel

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