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Horrible, indeed. I keep saying that I'll get one when they become intelligible. I heard an interview with one of the members of The New Riders Of The Purple Sage over a cell phone on the radio the other day and it was mostly gibberish. But the interviewer persevered and we got 15 minutes of garble instead of 5 minutes of interview. My second line of defense is that if any one NEEDS to reach me they can talk to me on my land line or leave a message and I'll return the call. There is nothing aside from a disaster that requires my attention RIGHT NOW. The closest I come to that is email... if I'm at my computer. And I like it like that. Malcolm ******* On 12/14/2013 4:08 AM, Louis Hone wrote: > Tom, someone should invent a cell phone that sounds good, that doesn't > sound like the voice is going through a couple of guitar chorus units. Cell > phones have improved tremendously with all the gadgets that come attached > to them, but they still sound horrible. Those who think that cell phones > sound good have gotten used to their mediocre sound quality in the same way > that most people thought that early cassette machines sounded good. Once > they have improved the sound quality of cell phones, then they can > concentrate on making the gadget that you are suggesting. Now I wonder if I > can convert my ZOOM into a decent sounding cell phone... :-) > > Louis > > > 2013/12/14 Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> > >> Someone should invent a recorder that is basically a SD card slot and >> input/output connectors and attaches to an iPhone, using the iPhone as the >> control surface. They have microphones that attach to iPhones already, but >> I'm talking about a full-function recorder with external memory (not using >> the iPhone's audio processor or memory). You'd need to have on-board ADC >> and DAC because the iPhone only goes to 48/16, I think. >> >> -- Tom Fine >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Sohn" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 11:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Very low price today on Zoom H4n flash recorder >> >> >> >My H4n should be in my hands on this coming Tuesday. I'll be using it >>> fairly quickly as I have a >project coming up to use it on. >>> >>>> The sale came at the right time. I've looked on and off for a >>>> replacement for my loooonnnng dead portable DAT machine. >>>> The H4n should do nicely. >>>> >>> I've had an H4n for a long time now. It’s a remarkable machine, no >>> doubt.. Just be careful about putting in line-level signals. >>> Perhaps they have sorted this out by now (I haven't checked), but, the >>> input is calibrated for a mic level signal. I bought an inline passive >>> attenuator for when I want to record a hot signal from a board. >>> >>> These days, I've been using my H4n to capture school lectures. It does >>> that well too! >>> DAT is dead, Long Live DAT! >>> >>> -Matt S >>> >>>