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About this product
Product Identifiers
BrandOlympus
SDC_BrandOlympus
MPN142035, WS400S, AOLYWS400MK1
UPC0050332169098
ModelWS-400S
eBay Product ID (ePID)79930549
Dimensions
Weight1.6 Oz.
Additional Product Features
Headphone JackWith Headphone Jack
Mp3 RecordingWith Mp3 Recording
DesignHandheld
Built in Memory1024MB
Max Recording TimeUp to 272h
Recording MediaDigital
TypeVoice Recorder
Release DateSeptember, 2009
Ratings and reviews
Most relevant reviews
- 05 Oct, 2021
Sounds great, easy to use, great features!
Overall great. I use it to record thoughts and musical ideas. The size is perfect - nice and small and portable, but not so small you lose it. The sound is great, it has a built in stereo mic which is nice and sensitive. I set it to record at the very highest quality which gives me a an hour or two before it fills up, but it never gets there because I transfer to my PC pretty regularly. Also, there are many different levels of audio quality where the most basic takes a lot less space and you can record many hours without it filling up. The device has a built in USB plug that extends out and turns it into a thumb drive - brilliant feature! You just plug it into your PC and dan move over your files like from any thumb drive. Easier to transfer recordings to my computer than doing the same thing with the iPhone. The recorder has an easy to read backlit LCD display and the menus are easy to read and make sense of. There are plenty of options. The buttons are your basic up/down/left/right cursor, play/record, etc. and are responsive and function well. One thing people should be aware of is it records in Windows WMA format, which may put people off. However it is simple to convert the recordings to MP3 or WAV files using a free program like Audacity, and the sound quality stays exactly the same. Records in stereo, has an external stereo mic jack so I can plug in a couple condenser mics or my trusty pair of Radio Shack PZM mics for awesome stereo spread. For musicians, this is a huge advantage over the iPhone, which requires an unwieldy (and expensive) adapter to be able to plug stereo mics into (or else special bluetooth microphones - good luck finding PZM mics in bluetooth!) One of the best features and values of this recorder is it's powered by a standard AAA battery. Nowadays many such devices are powered by a permanently built in or non-standard rechargeable battery. If you're recording and the battery goes dead, you can just quickly pop in a fresh AAA battery, which is a life saver if you're recording your band or something that you don't want to miss. With a built in battery the only option is to wait for the thing to recharge. Also, with those permanent battery devices, what they don't tell you is, the batteries go bad after about 3-4 years, and you can't replace them without sending the device back to the factory or professional repair shop, or taking them apart yourself - very difficult or very expensive. So basically they are pretty much disposeable. I have been using this little recorder for 10 years, closer to 15, and it's still going strong with a standard rechargeable AAA battery I got at Target! If the battery goes bad, you can just get a new one. I can't say how much I appreciate this one feature, as the whole permanently built in battery thing is SUCH an insult to the buyer and the environment. This recorder was made to last, no "planned obsolescence"! So anyway I can'r recommend this little recorder enough!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 Aug, 2023
The best stereo
This is my second one still use my first.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Jun, 2017
One of the nicest on the Market
Had one, lost it, had to get another... unbeatable!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Oct, 2018
very good
verygoodVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 08 Sep, 2017
Olympus Ws400s
Todo bien menos el envío q tardó mucho tiempoVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
