First, the sound quality seems fine so far. Again, we aren't talking about trying to record a concert out on the open here. We're often talking about recording loud sex that you can hear in a hallway of a motel or something. That's a bit different than the equipment you seem to be recommending that costs big money.Audio wrote:personally i would not use such cheap usb recorders because of the presumable low quality of the recording.
here is a shop which specialices in professional surveilance stuff:
http://www.shop-alarm.de/alarm_Audioueberwachung.html
Second, we're also often talking about setting these down and walking away from it with the HOPE that it is there when you return. Sorry, but I can't afford to spend crazy money on recorders that I'm going to abandon basically. I spend like US$15 on these. I can afford that.
Third, these LOOK like nothing more than a USB stick that someone accidentally left behind. What you suggest looks like exactly what it is: a voice recorder. I don't want that.
Finally, just to note it, the page that you just linked to sells the EXACT SAME USB RECORDER that I am talking about in this thread. They sell it for EUR111 (US$149). I paid US$12 for it. Again, the EXACT same thing. Just because they label it as "professional surveillance stuff" doesn't make it such.
The assumption that recording quality goes up significantly when you throw more money at it is often a bad assumption.
