As someone whose audio recording days stretch back to reel-to-reel, I've greeted digital and tapeless recorders with open arms, especially in the past few years as they've leapfrogged in quality while ...

Sony is updating its line of professional-quality portable audio recorders with two new models, the $230 PCM-A10, which is basically a souped-up voice recorder that you could use for recording music ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sony’s new portable recorder has analog level meters with LED peak overload indicators. At the ...

May 17, 2007 Sony's gorgeous PCM-D1 recorder allows effortless capture of stereo recordings with surprising spatial detail, thanks to its two built-in condenser microphones in an XY configuration. If ...

Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing ...

Spectacular recording quality in both MP3 and WAV formats. Ten recording modes. Forty plus hours of battery life. Built like an Abrams tank: Toss it in a bag and forget about it. Current street price ...

When the PCM-D1 recorder was launched, we were excited but unsure exactly what about. We are set for much of the same emotional confusion with Sony’s PCM-D50, the successor to the PCM-D1. The new ...

Let’s get it out of the way. The Sony PCM-D1 is expensive and discontinued. So why are we writing about it? Allow us to explain in this edition of Patina. Justifying the idea spending two large on a ...

Most recording rigs are “portable” only in that they’re not bolted to the floor. The D1 replaced my 20-pound backpack of mics, preamps, A/D converters, recorder, and batteries with a single, pretty, ...

Sony has announced a new handheld flash recorder in the PCM-D50, a 4GB jobbie that also includes a Sony memory stick slot for extra storage, internal stereo condenser mics, and a list price of $599.

Every songwriter needs a little recording machine that will record bits of song ideas, songs in progress, and songs in final form. Like many of you I am technologically challenged so I want something ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This Sony device looks like a prop out of Star Trek, with its analog gauges, dual microphones and curved metal pick-up guard. However, ...