MB

Thanks for your reply and advice. I will certainly look into the NH800 and the NH900. Best wishes, MB.

Hi, This is probably been asked a lot of times, so except my apologies. I have a few questions. I used to have a Sony minidisc recorder, which I used for fieldrecordings, but it fell and was smashed beyond repair. I have been looking for a new one, could you please give me some advice which types (and brands?) are good for fieldrecordings (mostly ambient sound recordings like trains, sea, rain, machines etc.) ? It has to have a good microphone input. I heard that the 'new' minidisc recorders with USB can not transfer recorded data to the computer, only from the computer to the minidisc recorder itself. Is this true? I know that sound can be transfered digitaly via the opitical cable to computer, but USB would be better. Is there a recorder that can transfer sound from the recorder to the PC via USB? Thanks in advance. Best wishes, David.