Pocket recorder with good, simple interface?

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Field recorders

Heya I like all kinds of silly metal banging sounds and such, so I figured I’m going to need a way to record those in their natural habitat. Are the digital recorders around 100€ price suitable for that, or are they too low quality or missing some key features? Some examples: http://www.thomann.de/gb/zoom_h_1_v2_silver.htm http://www.thomann.de/gb/tascam_dr05.htm A bit higher price, but interesting: http://www.thomann.de/gb/zoom_h2n.htm These don’t seem to be particularly rugged, though, th…

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