Olympus WS300 (256 MB, 1 Hours) Handheld Digital Voice Recorder

Pros: Great sound in ST-HQ and HQ. Very compact.

Cons: Garbled sound in LP and SP. Flimsy battery to unit connection.

Review: I bought the WS300 as a replacement for the stereo cassette recorder which fell apart and is discontinued. The sound quality through headphones is very good, on a par with a good cassette when in ST-HQ. With 8.75 hours of recording time in the ST-HQ...

Pros: Good sound quality, price, recording times and easy file transfer. This recorder is TINY!

Cons: Plastic construction, no carrycase, no removable media, LCD screen hard to read.

The Bottom Line: A good buy for a tiny Digital Voice Recorder if users want superior sound quality or the ability to play MP3 files. Audio quality beats many rivals, build quality disappoints.

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The Olympus WS-300M packs surprisingly good audio recording capabilities into a tiny package that works very much like a 256MB USB thumb drive on either Windows or MAC.

It's very easy to transfer...