Title: Not for lectures
Product review: I received the recorder expecting it to be as good as the mircocassette recorders that Olympus manufactures. This was not the case for a classroom or lecture recording. The hissing sound couched my voice completely even in a very quiet 10 foot room. It may be fine for a scope of 3-6 inches but, other than that, I would not recommend it. I called Olympus directly and found that they made NO digital voice recorders for large (6-10 feet) conference rooms or lecture halls--yet.I would like to say that they were very honest and tried their best to help me out. I am just going to update the older model of the Pearlcorder S720 to an S725 or S950 microcassette model.Again, I would not recommend it for voice recording over a 3-6 inch range even with an external mike--too much internal noise from the recorder itself.
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