Advisable To Use Iriver Ihp-340 To Record Club Music?

[weak_pig]

hi all, i'm very new to this forum. i was wondering if i can get the iRiver iHP-340 (40GB HD player) to record some trance inside clubs?

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

[weak_pig]

anybody got any opinion on this? Personally, i feel that iRiver iHP series are the ideal and most suitable choice to record live recordings.

Reason being,

its a harddisk player, capable of storing as much as 40gb of live recording without any pause.

[aeriyn]

The iRiver iHP series has issues with recording. It freezes, locks up, errors out, you get popping, distorted sound, it has trouble with tracks longer than 30 minutes. Not worth it, really. Even the iRiver fanboys know that it can't record worth a damn.

[dex Otaku]

More than that: even iRiver themselves state that while the function is there, sort of, it's not intended for serious use.

I would not touch the iRivers for recording purposes.

What you want is either a HiMD [if you can live with Sony's software] or a flash-based recorder. Flash recorders of equivalent or better quality are more expensive than HiMD recorders, and the media are still significantly more expensive than MD or HiMD blanks.

As far as dollar vs. performance goes, HiMD is the best option currently on the market.

If you prefer to work restriction-free and don't care about paying more, look for a flash-based recorder such as those made by Marantz [professional products].