Pleasant otherwise the ZOOM H2N shows at first sight. No Dictaphone look and feel - rather you assoziert him with a razor. At closer inspection you realize quickly that someone has thought seriously about this practice and suitability for everyday use. Starting with the batteries, 2x AA alkaline or NiMH accus, easy and inexpensive to obtain and good for 20 hours operation. Then the memory, SDHC up to 32GB, which is enough for 50 hours in standard .wav format. Or 3 weeks as MP3. The 5 Micros can record 4 different sound patterns, as 2 (stereo) or 4-channel recording. As a bonus, you can use on line-out as they Micro USB to the PC, or analog Micro. The Micro Gain can be drawn extremely high. In the maximum range each ant to galloping racehorse and every breath is for Orkanböe. It is also possible to use the zoom as USB audio interface, a practical additional function. Even a tripod thread is available. But of course there is something to complain about at a high level. The file system is very inflexible: when inserting the SD card ZOOM created 10 Folder for 2-channel and 4-channel 10 for recordings, in which can be stored and reproduced. Self-created (on PC) Folder does not recognize. Likewise, he does not recognize monofilament .wav. Also known as MP3 player it is only suitable as playback options are limited (no shuffle play, etc.) and only the file name is displayed, no meta data. The display is made sufficiently functional, working with the nested menus and the two and a half-button operation is used to, but works. I do not have any statements about the sound quality of the recordings, because I've done a few tests which are not yet conclusive enough when it comes to use in practice. The sound is not bad anyway. With a little more experience, I'll update the review later times.
