Sony is updating its line of professional-quality portable audio recorders with two new models, the $230 PCM-A10, which is basically a souped-up voice recorder that you could use for recording music ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As someone whose audio recording days stretch back to reel-to-reel, I've greeted digital and ...

May 17, 2007 Sony's gorgeous PCM-D1 recorder allows effortless capture of stereo recordings with surprising spatial detail, thanks to its two built-in condenser microphones in an XY configuration. If ...

Remember when Sony outed its PCM-D1 digital audio recorder and charged $2,000 for it with a straight face? Even today, the aforementioned player (along with the still-pricey PCM-D50) stands as one of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sony’s new portable recorder has analog level meters with LED peak overload indicators. At the ...

This is the type of device that just couldn't have existed before the advent of solid state memory. You can think of it as a pair of very high quality microphones with a built in recorder - or as a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This Sony device looks like a prop out of Star Trek, with its analog gauges, dual microphones and curved metal pick-up guard. However, ...

When the PCM-D1 recorder was launched, we were excited but unsure exactly what about. We are set for much of the same emotional confusion with Sony’s PCM-D50, the successor to the PCM-D1. The new ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. No digital input. Optical out ...

Let’s get it out of the way. The Sony PCM-D1 is expensive and discontinued. So why are we writing about it? Allow us to explain in this edition of Patina. Justifying the idea spending two large on a ...

Here at IFA, Sony thinks it has just the thing to help struggling musical artists become breakout successes. Say hello to the $300 HDR-MV1 Music Video Recorder. Set to take on the likes of the Zoom Q2 ...

Most recording rigs are “portable” only in that they’re not bolted to the floor. The D1 replaced my 20-pound backpack of mics, preamps, A/D converters, recorder, and batteries with a single, pretty, ...