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Zoom H5

Pocket Recorder/Multitrack from Zoom belonging to the H series

metasax metasax

«  A marvel in the palm of your hand! »

Published on 07/16/14 at 07:25
I waited, waited, waited an offer that fits my budget.
Having basically a h-4n that was stolen, I desperately waited an affordable opportunity for H-6 ...
But zoom certainly heard my calls and marketed this gem available for a few weeks.
This be part of the happy owners of the latest zoom brand, H-5 am.

It is well thought out, fits perfectly in the hand, texture peach skin that covers it is nice and nothing to spoil it contains all the technical features of its big brother the H-6: multitrack 4 votes, even signal / noise, line out, headphone, battery or USB power, apart from the lcd screen which is smaller and appears in black and white, and the number of XLR / TRS, 2 instead of 4.
For 130 € less than the H-6 and only 30 € more than the H-4n, there is more to think about!

Quality is at the rendezvous and the sound is really excellent. Much better than the H-4n. I also did not expect such a definition. The origination pickups are a formidable precision and reveal all that we do not even suspect the recording, it said. I found no saturation or distortion even at very high volume recording. All frequencies are well represented, compressor / limiter and make an effective miking becomes a real childish pleasure.
It is automatically recognized on mac and requires no driver for the sound card as leverage or simply access the recordings on the SD card. It is also compatible with all Micro H-6 capsules, and there I almost lose my words.
H-4n has lived and unfortunately for him, his successor is already there.

I remake that choice without hesitation.
Long live the H-5 and low hat Mister Zoom!