Sony ICDUX70 Digital Voice Recorder MP3 Stereo Recording and Playback
Plug the ICD-UX70 directly into your compatible PC and enjoy easy, drag and drop file transfers. Its built-in 1GB Flash memory lets you record up to 290 hours of lectures, personal notes and more. You can even play back your favorite MP3 audio files and listen on the included stereo headphones. This compact and attractive digital voice recorder features five recording modes, Windows and Macintosh compatibility and it's available in three fashionable colors.
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Sony ICDUX70 Digital Voice Recorder MP3 Stereo Recording and Playback Reviews
Summary: I would not recommend this recorder unless you are only going to listen to files on your computer or with headphones and never touch it while recording.
Simply pushing the stop button will be picked up on tape and over power what is being recorded.
The recorder will also pickup each time you touch the device.
The only way to hear playback is to be in a quiet room and put the recorder to your ear or use the supplied head phones.
I purchased the ICD-UX70 because I need a way to take quick notes at work and my wife wants a recorder that she can use while she teaches from time to time.
Pro: Small, light weight, good close up audio recording, Stores as MP3 files, audio files have good sound when played on a computer.
Con: Integrated speaker, screen size, user interface.
The speaker on the unit is worthless.
I lost one, bit the bullet. However the small size, for me, has two drawbacks. Love it.
The small size makes it convenient to put in your shirt pocket to record casual converations or sales pitches for later review. and got a 2nd one. expectations.
I have to wear my glasses in order to use the device and it is too darn easy to loose it. I've transfered these audio files to my computer and likewise copied MP3 music from my computer to the ICDUX70. It is a joy and user friendly.
I used it to record stories being told by Old and Distant relatives about the life and times they've experience. The Sony ICDUX70 Digital Voice/MP3 Recorder has met and exceeded my.
I bought an Olympus (which I LOVED). I don't listen to the files from the recorder, so I don't care about the internal speaker at all. I think your reaction to this recorder will be based on your needs. but I could NOT get it to transfer the files to my Mac - actually I tried with three different Macs. I am reading teacher recording lessons for listening back to for instructional purposes. I also agree that the file naming and organization lacks, but as far as the recording, use of plug-in and transfer files and use of the functions that I need, the recorder works fine.
You have been thoroughly warned. If you touch the main control button the recorder goes into another mode. Save your money. The buttons are cheap and will fall off quickly. Do not buy this. You can't hear anything. The menu is unreadable and a disaster.
The sound is horrendous. Piece of plastic cr*p. The microphones can't pick up anything outside of a foot. Purchased it at Staples and decided to return it within two minutes of playing around with it.
However, the poor sound quality is unrelated to the quality of the recording itself, as playback on a computer will show. The worst I've ever used. And that's with the unit on "Hold" the entire time. I don't use it for much else, but when I do use it, I tend to use it a lot. And I don't mean continuous recording length (which is probably what the unit is designed to excel at).
I mean the situation where you leave a fresh battery in the unit for a month, and then pick it up hoping to quickly jot down a voice note. I'm using high-capacity (2500 mAh) rechargeable AAAs, and these things can't even last *two weeks*. Transferring sound to my Mac couldn't possibly be easier. The size and weight are the best yet, as is the recording length. Where I ding this little marvel is in a few areas: The buttons are too tiny, and too similar.
The Olympus DS-2 shares this "passive life sucking" trait, whereas my first Sony did not. Basically you should plan on never using it, or using it merely to confirm the fact that you did actually record something. This makes it completely useless as a "there when you need it" recorder, and I think it's going to make me get rid of it. Battery life is absolutely terrible. Based on everything I've used so far, this is the "right" design; why Sony used all tiny round buttons for the UX70 I'll never know, but it forces me to check and recheck myself to see which buttons I'm really pushing. Leaving the display on, it doesn't even make it much longer than a week. And this when it was supposedly "off" too.
I bought this Sony thinking that I could count on them, but I guess my usage pattern is not very common.
The first Sony I use had a large and square record button, compared to small round buttons for everything else.
The last negative is the internal speaker.
My only option right now is to carry about the battery separately, but since the startup time for this unit is so long, it means I'm almost sure to forget the idea that I wanted to jot down in the first place.
I've been a heavy user of digital voice recorders in the past for noting down ideas when I'm in bed (and the lights are out no paper), and for when I'm driving.
I started out with Sony, then went to Olympus, and now I'm back to Sony again.
This little unit is my favorite so far.
If I could have long battery life (my first Sony would go 6 months without having to change two AAAs), then I would love this little guy.
But in reality it just frustrates me that nearly every time I reach to use it, the battery has been completely drained.
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