They have a similar price point I got DR-05x for $119, and the H1n for $119.99: a 99cents difference. 1) Their marketing departments position them as direct competitors. So most voice recorders have very little in common, for instance the Sony ux560 and the Zoom H1n –the 2 models I get asked to compare a lot, and you’d compare dissimilar items not like for like.īut the Zoom H1n and the Tascam DR-05x are interesting in a number of ways. And buying the higher priced model gives you additional features. A few examples, Sony BX140 and Sony PX240, Olympus WS-852 and Olympus WS-853 and so forth. Yes, you can find different versions of recorders that are alike, but they’re usually from the same manufacture – who are doing some hokey pokey price differentiation. That’s because when it comes to voice recorders, it’s very hard to find two recorders that are similar. Now, I’m usually hesitant about these kinds of comparisons. In this post we are going to compare the Zoom H1n to the Tascam DR-05x. The Zoom H1n was released in early 2018, and the Tascam DR-05x became available in early 2019. Later on I used the H1 to record interviews, and I'm also sold on the little recorder.In the last 18 months Zoom and Tascam have released new versions of their popular Zoom H1 and Tascam DR-05 digital recorders. If you're in the New York area and dig bluegrass music, check out their band, Minetta Creek.īeth and Gene really liked the H1's simplicity of operation its one-button record system is a breeze to use. By the time we finished recording Beth was considering buying a H1 for herself. The sound was much better, mostly because it was more naturally balanced overall, but the recording gear was 13 times more expensive! We all thought the H1's microphones were the weak link, but you can hook up a better mic to the H1. We compared the H1 recordings with some recordings Gene had done in his apartment with a $1,000 digital recorder and a $300 Audio-Technica microphone. He thought it would be ideal for young players who want to document a rehearsal or club date. Overall, Gene felt that for a $100 recorder the H1 was a great buy.
The new mic position helped flesh out the vocals a bit. But Gene and Beth's vocals were too thin and distant-sounding, so I changed the mic position and we recorded a few more things. Gene knows the sound of his 1930s-era Gibson Mastertone banjo and 1958 Gibson Southern Jumbo and 1931 Martin Herringbone 0028 guitars, and he felt the H1 did a great job of capturing their sounds. Gene is an audiophile, so we played the recordings back over his MartinLogan electrostatic speakers. So I headed over to see my musician friends Gene and Beth with the H1, and they played a bunch of tunes for me.
I recorded some musicians in the New York City subway, but the subway stations were too noisy to seriously evaluate the H1's sound quality. The little tripod eliminates handling noises while recording, and the windscreen is essential for outdoor recording (any air movement results in loud buffeting noises). The plastic case picks up handling noises when you hold the H1 while recording I'd recommend getting Zoom's $24 accessory kit, which comes with a windscreen, power adapter, USB cable, semihard carrying case, tripod, and mic clip. Build quality isn't robust, so I doubt the H1's lightweight plastic body will survive too many drops onto hard floors.
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