I read the reviews, there were no criticisms, I bought it. That's why I'm writing an objective review. even the inconvenient recording mode button can get used to, but the fact that recording starts after a few seconds, sometimes about 10, upsets. if you need to immediately and urgently record something important, this recorder is NOT for you, because after turning it on you have to wait 6 seconds or more. But with all this, the recording quality is good. at work, the Sony ICD-PX312 recorder writes worse, maybe because one recording channel (mono)