美国海淘    TASCAM DR - 05便携式数字录音机约￥700

five year old, long ago in another century. Although I do possess a college degree, reading over complex instruction manuals is not my gig. Also as a member of the "Baby Boomer" generation, technology is not always friendly to me. What I did find friendly, however, is the ease of operation of the DR-05. Turn it on, play some stuff, listen to the playback. Like a tape recorder but with a few modern touches. If I can navigate through this playbook, I'm fairly certain that you can too. It was cheap, is handy, and equipped with a three dollar stand, is all I need to record and play back the rudimentary sounds coming out of my voice and guitar. As a musical gourmand, I have no complaints. But, then, I'm really easy to please. If any of his describes you, then I'd say, "Take a chance on the DR-05"

corders and well worth having. I have been wanting a TASCAM portable recorder for awhile but the price always put me off. When I spotted this recorder I decided to get it based on the way the old systems worked. I'm glad I did but with a few exceptions. When I first rec'd it, I found that the recorder was set up as most digital recorders are with folders to store stuff in and like that. I'm used to dealing with time of storage media rather than size. (For example: a C-60 cassette records 1 hour, or 30 minutes a side or a MC-90 micro-cassette records 45 minutes a side, etc.) However, if one is dealing with a smart card or flash drive one deals with size of media. (Such as: 28 gig USB flash drive, or a 32 gig smart card.) So the first thing I had to do was figure out what the 4 gig smart card that comes with this recorder would do, etc. Well, the DR-05 default set is uncompressed wav files which take up a lot of room and if you need to record a large amount of stuff over a long period of time this won't suit your needs. I set it up for mp3 files as this seemed better for me. At this point, I must say something about the setups this recorder has. It's got so many ways to set up stuff that it's almost over-kill at times. One example of this is the recorder's recording settings for just providing limits to stop distortion when recording. This recorder has a peak limiter that is adjustable, a automatic level control with adjustments or no adjustments, and a high or low cut off limiter not to mention the standard manual adjustment just to mention some of the ways it can record. This for recording only. (It reminded me of the Ampex 600 Pro recorder I use to use.) The biggest problem that I ran into was figuring out what to set where. After playing with it awhile, I discovered another thing I didn't like....It can eat batteries if your not using the provided USB port cord from a powered PC port or power supply built for it. Once I got the power supply and started using it off that, this recorder started to shine a bit. I found that by putting the 2 AA batteries in the recorder and then when recording with it off the USB PS, if a power failure hit, the batteries picked up right off the bat and the only way you knew there was a power outage was if something running on AC cut off in the back ground. So this recorder recorded right thru 6 power glitches averaging about 20 to 30 seconds each without missing a beat and you could hear that on the recording. And it did so without using very much battery power at all. When you plug it into PC's USB port and turn on the DR-05, it asks if it's to be used for storage or USB power. If you select power nothing happens but your recorder gets power thru the port. If you select storage the USB port is "seen" by windows and access to it is given to deal with the files on it. This is great for moving file to an area they can be better worked on with. With all the settings and abilities this recording has it's great for what I use something like this for and it even has some options I wouldn't have even thought of. Overall, a very good portable stereo recorder with a number of uses!

ereo microphones and other 'pro' features, I figured this would handle recording meetings without issue. So far, the sensitivity and audio quality are ok, not great. The biggest issue I have with this product is how complicated it is to use. There is a 112 reference manual for this thing, and you pretty much need every page. Unfortunately, it's not included with the unit. You have to download it from the Tascam website (http://tascam.com/product/dr-05/downloads/). You get a user manual that provides an overview, but more details would have been much appreciated. The screen is small with lots of tiny icons and an orange backlight. Readability suffers. The menu structure is several levels deep and there are 11 front panel buttons. I would not call this an "intuitive UI." If you're looking for a simpler product that has good performance, the Olympus offerings like the WS-852 may be a better match. Too late for me...

tation was that good, it wouldn't last forever. And it didn't. I am really glad I have all of these broadcasts to listen to. Problem was, how to transfer them from mini-disc to a digital MP3 file, as the MD format is out of production. VOILA! The TASCAM DR-05, almost custom made for this kind of transfer. The mini-discs have to be re-recorded in real time, which takes a while. As other reviewers has commented, this recorder does have a real appetite for the batteries. Two AA cells lasted for about 7 hours of this kind of duty, recording at 320kps. I ordered a batch of rechargeable AAs from Amazon to save a few bucks, and I can always use them for other things when this chore is completed. Quality of recordings is just fine. Controls very easy to operate. The manual answers any question I had. And, it really helped to read the reviews posted by other buyers, which saved me quite a bit of time setting up for the first recording session (you have to push the record button twice to start recording - don't forget that little nugget of information). I do not see where there is any input for an AC adapter, though the manual intimates that you can run the unit from a USB hookup with a computer. I'll try it. All in all, a pretty solid little piece of equipment for the price. Highly recommend.