Zoom H5 Fourtrack Portable Recorder Earplug, 5 cm, Black

Good product was worth the money, not worth buying as a portable microphone is you care for quality but works well as a relatively good and easy to use plug in for other microphones. Was well worth it.

I have this H5 and an H4n Handy Recorder - both have developed a sticky plastic feel. Maybe there is a solution down the line - 3D printing new bodyshells ? Until that time it appears that these will degrade before your eyes.

Great recorder. I own 8 Zoom recorders and I use almost nothing else for filmmaking and field recordings. Durable and well built. I have no complaints at all about the actual recorder. My go-to recorders for many years. My only real complaint is that this one was missing all of the accessories and manuals. No USB cable, no windscreen, no cases, and no manuals. Recorder was in a cheap black bag and shoved inside a plastic bag. I have no doubt I was shipped a returned item but the returns process and dealing with Amazon customer service was a nightmare, so I just kept it. Hopefully I can get the missing accessories directly from Zoom but I'm not holding my breath. I don't really need them (I have better windscreens and no shortage of USB cables) but it's the principal of the matter. Zoom is in no way at fault and it's strictly an Amazon issue.

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Buen producto y llegó un día antes de la entrega estimada. tenía un precio un poco menor que en tienda.

Excellent recorder, easy to set up. The audio quality is high throughout the frequency range, I use it to record my band, and also to monitor our sound from offstage. The mounts on the XYH-5 mic attachment are a little fragile, they're just plastic. More on that later. I love how it has a knob to control the overall gain, and then the body has two knobs for the other inputs. The extra two inputs are pretty handy, because you get the stereo room sound from the XY attachment, and then you can mic your voice and one other thing separately to make it possible to enhance your mix. It's easy to use, but you have to set the time pretty often. I wish it had a bigger capacitor to maintain the clock when you're charging batteries. It maintains it for a little while, like if you change batteries instead of charging. The feel of it is dense and solid, and I like the rounded edges and satin finish. The buttons are flush to the body and have a nice, short throw, but clicky so you know you've actuated it. My only caveat is that the microphone mounting is a little fragile. I had it on a stand that got tipped over, and one of the mic mounts broke. I sent a pic of it to Zoom and they replaced it. But that mount is so fragile, I'd like to be able to put a metal screen around it. Or just have it made of metal. The recorder comes with a foam windscreen, I put that on every time I record just to be safe.

This is an amazing portable recorder. Perfect for recording everything on the spot. My use case is that I've attached a Shure SM58 to this and I practice flute so that I can identify my mistakes later. Practicing with a microphone in front prepares us for performing live. This microphone has so many features that I've not yet explored them all. Pros: 1. Well built. 2. Quality pre amp and a built in 48V phantom power. All this runs on 2 AA batteries!!! I've been using it for 2 weeks and the battery indicator is still showing full. 3. You can play karaoke tracks on your phone (connect your phone's headphone jack to this one's line in on the mic module and play/sing on the other two tracks. It's perfect for overdubbing and mixing tracks on the go. 4. For the price, we get 3 simultaneous input sources, headphone monitoring, built in compressor and limiters and a stereo mic for field recording. Cons: 1. The menu systems will take some time to get used to. 2. The joystick controller on the side is a little loose but it doesn't affect it's usage. I can't think of any other cons. I also have a scarlett 2i2 but I don't think I'll be using it that much as this is as good as that interface but is portable and has better pre-amps for the SM58 mic. I've also tested it with condenser mics and it performs brilliantly. You can monitor your recording and the dubbing track simultaneously! It's the best feature.. there's no lag in the monitoring. Instead of buying Scarlett 2i2, people could buy this and they'd have a portable interface and a recorder! Highly recommended.