Olympus WS-210S Voice Recorder (141960) (Black)

Lo estoy probando en unas clases de ingles que estoy tomando y es simplemente genial, muy buena calidad de sonido, muy facil de usar, ligero, poco peso, solo una bateria AAA por lo que es recomendable tambien tener baterias recargables, al ser USB es muy facil de pasar a la PC y sin necesidad de software ya que funciona como una memoria USB, muy recomendable.

I ordered this from Amazon, and then found a local deal on the WS-311M, which a teacher of mine uses. Being just a little type A, I played around with both of them to decide which to keep, and I've decided on the WS-311M.

Basically, the recorders seem to be identical in terms of ability and sound quality with few exceptions.

DIFFERENCES


--The WS-311M can also be used as a music player, though I don't really care about that.

--The WS-311M is a teeny-tiny bit larger and feels a little less plastic-y (though both are made of plastic). The bigger size and brighter color is actually a small plus for me, as I kept having a hard time finding the WS-210S in my bag.

--Most important for me, the WS-311M has a much more intuitive menu system. It presents menu options in a list and it's easy to move forward and backwards in your choices, while the WS-210S presents options at the bottom of the screen. It's easy to lose your place among choices because you only see one choice present at a time; also for the life of me I cannot figure out how to go backwards in the menu other than to press "stop" and start over. It's a pretty frustrating plan, and the deal breaker for me. Why they'd take something good and ruin it in a newer model is beyond me.

--It feels as if the screen on the WS-311M is brighter and has a little more orange to it, though that could be because it's surrounded by silver as opposed to black, or it could be a menu setting I haven't found yet.

These are all minor differences - this model is a little cheaper, so it really depends on what's most important to you.

But the sound quality and the options for controlling it seem pretty much the same.

I bought this recorder for use during face to face interviews and recording press conferences. Works great in both quiet and noisier environments. The stereo recording capability of this recorder does give it an edge over the mono models as the recordings do come out a lot clearer. Even at the lowest recording quality (out of the 3 that are selectable), it still comes out very clear.

Battery life is quite good with alkaline batteries, I can probably get 20 hours or more of on/off use.

Works well with a Mac, just plug it into a free USB port and it shows up as a device on your Finder. The files are in WMA format so it does require a Quicktime plugin to read that format. I'd suggest something like VLC Player which is free and painless to use.

Highly recommended!

An accessory which you should consider if you want to record phone conversations, it works beautifully as a cheap phone recorder. Olympus TP-7 Telephone Recording Device