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Million1 wrote: 06 Feb 2023 18:08 I bought the Sony ICD-UX570 mentioned above and I've had it for over a month now, so I'll share some observations.

I can only really compare it with my Olympus LS-P4 recorder since I don't own any other expensive ones. To get a fair comparison I put them side by side while recording. The Sony has CD quality, while Olympus has HD quality, but I don't think that matters for sex recordings. Both recorders are configured to use high mic sensitivity and no noise filters. I had to amplify the recordings of the Sony (approx 10 dB) to get the same level of loudness.

When I record in a silent room, I can tell that the Sony picks up less white noise, so that's good. However, in hotel environments, to my ears the sound is "thinner" in lack of a better word. Olympus can give the sense of "being in the room" and it just sounds very natural. I don't know why but I haven't yet got that impression from the Sony. I don't know if you agree, but if you want you can compare my latest hotel sounds #47 and #48 with my previous recordings. The Olympus has a zoom function, marketed as "unleashes the power of proximity in noisy environments or when recording from a distant position". I do use maximum zoom, so maybe that has to do with it.

The Sony doesn't have a zoom configuration, but it has something called "focused" mode that should prevent it from picking up sounds from all directions. I also picked the "Lecture" scene setting, since I thought it should be suitable for picking up voices from some distance. Unfortunately, for some reason I don't understand, enabling "focused" turns the recordings into mono instead of stereo. I guess it could be argued if that really matters. After all, sex sounds usually only come from one direction so there isn't much of a stereo effect to them. But with a mono recording, if you weren't there, you can only guess which sounds originated from the couple's room and which sounds came from next door. Also, if there's a wind blowing into just one of the mics, the recording will be ruined. In stereo mode, the other channel may be unaffected.

Hmm, what else can I tell you. It very quickly turns on, within a second. Handling the recorder doesn't cause too much noise (as opposed to the Olympus which I can barely touch without causing very loud unpleasant noises). One minor issue is that the headphone input is located between the microphones which means that it isn't possible to listen while recording through a wall. Oh, and the power switch is near the top of the recorder, so when I attach a wind screen it's very easy to pull the switch down and turn the recorder off by mistake. It happened twice already.

All things considered, I think Sony ux570 is a good recorder and well worth the money, but I don't think it will be my first choice in hotels in the future. Well, unless there's some combination of settings that I haven't yet thought of. If you have any advice, please let me know.