Review on Portable ZOOM H5 Dark Gray Recorder by Jnis Pimberis ᠌

The first thing I would like to note, having taken the device out of the box, is the very poor quality of the complete XYH-5 capsule. More specifically, the sound it makes. It seems that the device was calculated that the announcer would speak into it like a hand-held microphone, because. recording level is absolutely low. For example, recording the street, with the maximum sensitivity control on the capsule turned out, gives a level of -15 dB. Of course, I understand that the Zoom H5 itself provided for the possibility of processing the recorded file (normalization) and it is possible to extend the level in post-processing on a computer, but noise also creeps in with it. Let's talk about noise separately. - Noises. Yes, they are, and of a fairly high level. Simply because due to the lack of sensitivity on the capsule, you have to twist everything to the maximum. Therefore, if you are going to write something like a conference, a wedding (sound in the registry office) for example, or something where the sound does not go directly into the capsule, then get ready to in post-processing and isolate the signal and clean the noise. By connecting an AKG P420 condenser microphone to the recorder via the XLR ports, the quality is quite decent and the sensitivity is much higher. For this someone will have to use external microphones. - Working hours. Working hours leave much to be desired. About any 15 hours, as they say in advertising, there is no talk even close. In STEREO mode, the life of the device is about 6-7 hours. And this is with batteries Varta High Energy, Duracell Turbo MAX, GP Super, etc. I'm wondering what kind of alkaline batteries were mentioned in advertising brochures, under which the device should work for 15 hours? Moreover, the Zoom H5 considers the battery to be low and turns off (and sometimes without warning), when the voltage on it is 1.25V. Nifiga yourself economically . When setting the type of batteries to Ni-MH in the settings (in the hope that the device will still work, because for Ni-MH the standard voltage is 1.2V), the recorder went out altogether. And how did the manufacturer think to use them?