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(9 customer reviews) 24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Small and lightweight, but still sturdy--more intuitive than my old Sony voice recorder,
October 11, 2011 Raven (Cornfields, IN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Olympus 142665 DM-620 SLV Voice Recorder (Office Product)
The main purpose I am using this recorder for is for class lecture recording and audiobook playback (from Audible,) so this review is based on my experience using it against my old Sony ICD-PX720 for these reasons.
The Olympus DM-620 is the first non-Sony recorder that I've purchased, so my experience with other Olympus models is non-existant. The unit itself is compact with a slight heft due to the metal vs plastic construction. I happen to find that more reassuring in a world where just about everything is cased in plastic and has a cheaper construction feel to it.
The screen has a light white/gray/blue (Payne's gray?) back-light which was a bit harder for my eyes to make out when compared to the bright orange-amber back-lights I have seen on other models of recorders. Readability was much greater after adjusting the contrast and brightness settings to a custom setting.
The first thing I noticed about the unit was that it was intuitive, which was...Read more
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Excellent piece of equipment,
November 21, 2011 Bill Cunningham (SILVER SPRING, MD, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus 142665 DM-620 SLV Voice Recorder (Office Product)
I see higher priced digital recorders, but it's hard to believe they can be much better than this for recording lectures and meetings. The sensitivity is amazing. I recently graduated from cassette tapes and I can't believe how much better this is. Very long recording capability and very long battery life is great. The recorder does a decent job of recording live music with good pickup of the bass. The controls are pretty straight forward, but you should read the directions because it has so many features. The fast forward and reverse are accelerating so they move slowly if you are going just a minute or so away, and the acceleration moves you to an hour away point pretty quickly. I have my music on a micro chip so I can use this to listen to music. You can set it to play a song over and over, the folder of songs over and over or everything over and over - very nice features. Micro chip also gives you huge storage. My computer sees the device as a disk drive so moving lectures from...Read more
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
The DM-620 Is Excellent,
August 11, 2011 L. Hunt (Chelsea, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus 142665 DM-620 SLV Voice Recorder (Office Product)
I have been using the Olympus DM-620 for 3 weeks to record interviews of relatives for family history, phone calls and work meetings. The DM-620 is excellent!!!
Pros:
- Great audio recording quality
- Excellent microphone sensitivity
- Records in WAV, MP3 or MWA
- Every little pre-amp hiss
- Backlit screen
- Metal not plastic body
- Long battery life (comes with 2 AA rechargeable batteries)
- Unit can recharge batteries via USB
- Nylon carrying case fits well in shirt pocket
- Option Olympus TP-7 Telephone Recording Device works very well
Cons:
- An optional leather case with belt loop is not available
- It would be nice to set recording setting per audio folder since changing recording settings can take 5 to 10 seconds
