Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing ...

As someone whose audio recording days stretch back to reel-to-reel, I've greeted digital and tapeless recorders with open arms, especially in the past few years as they've leapfrogged in quality while ...

Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing ...

When the PCM-D1 recorder was launched, we were excited but unsure exactly what about. We are set for much of the same emotional confusion with Sony’s PCM-D50, the successor to the PCM-D1. The new ...

Sony has announced a new handheld flash recorder in the PCM-D50, a 4GB jobbie that also includes a Sony memory stick slot for extra storage, internal stereo condenser mics, and a list price of $599.

Ambitious podcasters and jam band documentarians will no doubt be drooling over Sony's miniature recording studio, the PCM-D50. For $600, you get 24-bit, 96-kHz recording; 4GB of internal memory (plus ...

Embracing the design of its futuristic high-end PCM-D1 portable audio recorder, Sony last week at AES introduced a lower cost, more compact version of the recorder targeted for broadcast applications.

Every songwriter needs a little recording machine that will record bits of song ideas, songs in progress, and songs in final form. Like many of you I am technologically challenged so I want something ...

The next Cronkite you certainly aren’t, but this $400 “pro-level” PCM-M10 recorder from Sony might give that semi-serious blogger gig you have based in the garage a bit more chutzpah when you’re ...