Great little recorder/player for the price
Written: Oct 18 '08
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Pros: Credit-card sized; takes mic or line-level inputs; good batt life & storage capacity.
Cons: Nonstandard 3/32" plugs.
The Bottom Line: Great unit for live recording -- great sound quality, small, lightweight, flexible inputs/outputs for playback/recording.
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| paulie357's Full Review: Pogo RipFlash Trio (128 MB) MP3 Player |
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I bought the RipFlash Trio mainly to record piano recitals, my own practice sessions, etc. The RipFlash does a great job at this -- at a reasonable bitrate like 80kb/s the sound quality is not bad and it records for several hours. Sound quality is more a factor of what mic you use -- the RipFlash's built-in mic is good for conversations but not so good for music; the unit's included external condenser mic is actually not bad for music, though it tends to distort at higher volume levels. I now use a $40 mic from Best Buy which gives pretty good recordings.
The unit's small size is very nice -- about the size of a credit card and not much thicker. It uses 3/32" jacks instead of the more standard 1/8" submini; I didn't get the spare adapter which Pogo sells but probably should have as I end up switching the adapter from the mic jack to the headphone jack a bit. The software gets the job done but is a little dorky and very bare-bones; doesn't convert formats, rip CD tracks or anything; I use GoldWave for that stuff, which is well worth the money. The RipFlash's software works on Win98 and Win2000 which is nice. The built-in FM radio works ok and is a nice feature but I don't use it much. Battery life is good for at least several hours of recording, probably more. I don't find myself having to charge it very often. Supposedly the firmware had (or has?) a bug causing it to lose a file if the battery dies while you're recording, but I haven't seen this happen. Haven't had any problems at all, in fact -- everything has worked as advertised and overall I'm very satisfied.
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Amount Paid (US$): 160 Recommended for: Athletes - Lightweight and Portable, Perfect for the Gym
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