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(6 customer reviews) 30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Light, easy to carry, a little delicate though...,
September 24, 2004 J. Lui "JHL" (Atwater Village, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony ICD-ST25 Portable Digital Voice Recorder (Office Product)
Buttons are very small, so large handed/fingered people might have trouble with them. Nice sound quality on SP (7 hr); LP (15 hr) is the usual MP3 on low resolution warble, ST is pretty good, but creates pretty bulky mono-sounding files, unless you're using external stereo mics, or a stereo line-in. 5 user folders for sorting - can do Add or Overwrite, but takes about 2-3 clicks to change the mode. Display normally stays on, but it's like a digital watch with a backlight. Sound output is quite audible for a little wafer speaker.
Bought as a replacement for a micro-cassette, and used for vocal presentation preparation, so I like the scan/review features and the variable speed playback. Vocal-Up does a modest job of basically compressing the input to equalize amplitude (think of it as auto-gain).
Delicate refers to the overall feel in that it's pretty much all plastic, and I'm worried about dropping it and having a lot of damage from a fall. But that's what...Read more
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Great Voice Recorder,
January 28, 2005 Gary in Va - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony ICD-ST25 Portable Digital Voice Recorder (Office Product)
Works great for voice recording. Records hours of lectures.
Upload to computer works great and you can scroll anywhere into the recording to listen to segments. As you scroll just look at the time to decide what part to review. Battery life is good. The buttons work ok for me.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Perfect for class lectures,
August 28, 2005 Customer "Consumer" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony ICD-ST25 Portable Digital Voice Recorder (Office Product)
I've used mine for classes, just asked permission from professors. The voice quality is great even from the back rows. Sometimes, I used external mic to boost the voice. When I listened with accompanied ear bud, it's like noise cancellation one, I heard like the professors were talking into my ears! I used SP (standard) mode... just enough for a 3-hours class.
The control buttons are not great but acceptable for voice quality and easy to use. You can see how much more memory or battery power left.
This recorder costs about an IT or business text book so I'm happy for mine. For my experiences, this is very helpful for evening classes, when I was sleepy and unable to catch up everything. The greatest time was in my philosphy class, the professor talked too much and I needed them for writing assignments. Just be sure to save files in your PC and you'll appreciate them when the professors assigned take home exams
;-).
I also recommend to use...Read more
