Customer Reviews

Sony ICD-UX71RED Digital Voice Recorder with 1GB Flash Memory

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Have had this recorder for about 9 months. It has been excellent for everything we need - primarily for recording meetings. Battery life is long, sound quality and gain are excellent, and the built-in USB connection makes it a breeze to transfer files to a computer or put on CD. I have used it it to easily dump the files to both a PC and a Mac (via iTunes) and it couldn't be easier. Very pleased.

I bought this for recording lectures and it works well. I've tested it from various areas in large lecture halls and it works best from the first few rows. It does pick up a lot of side noise like people coughing etc which can be annoying, but finding the right settings makes a big difference.

The small buttons are fine for me, but I can see how large fingers might have a problem with them. It has great battery life and plenty of storage capacity.

Aesthetically it is very nice and I love the color!

The usb makes it extremely easy to use and it works well with my mac without needing software or cables. That was the biggest selling point for me.

I searched everywhere for a mac compatible voice recorder. Even called the Apple Store. All I could find that was reasonably priced was this one. And it's worked out really well. I can record, download to my Mac and then put it on my ipod. I can listen through stereo speakers in it's dock. I can listen in my car with an adapter for the ipod that fits into the cassette deck. I haven't tried to burn a cd yet.

I bought it mostly to use during chorale rehearsals. I sing in a local community chorale. I record the rehearsals and now can use what we sang to practice. The sound quality in the recorder really good.

My learning curve was a little high and I had to take the time to read the manual carefully. I became really frustrated for awhile because it was almost impossible to read the display window. Then a friend showed me how to take the plastic cover off the face of the display window. I can't believe I was so dense! Then I could see the display well enough to make it work.

This recorder does just what I need and would be good for anyone to record interviews, class lectures, or learn music. The quality of the sound on just the recorder is great and it translates well onto other media.

It's fairly easy to use once you learn how (read the manual). I went from a cassette recorder to this, so it was a big technological jump. It's a little small and the display window could be bigger. I'd love it to be about the size of an ipod. But I can read it well enough and again I can transfer everything onto my mac. That's the real bonus!

Very useful recorder. Perfect size and weight. Excellent audio and recording quality. My wife use it to record her college classes and works perfect. Very nice product.

I bought it to record vocal/instrumental concerts (both rehearsals and performances). The results were better than I expected for the price. It was equally good in a home setting as in a large concert space. The only criticism I have is that it's not entirely clear at first (even if you read the manual) how to record things in different folders; I almost overwrote one of my recordings accidentally by not switching folders properly. The rest of the process is very straightforward. The recording is clear and not wavy or garbled. It records what you don't want just as clearly as what you want, even with the correct settings, so for more offical recordings you may want to use editing software. Overall, I recommend this product.

I have both the Olympus WS-400S and this recorder. I just sent the Sony recorder back to Sony for repairs. I bought the Olympus because I could not afford to go without a recorder. I prefer the mp3 format on the Sony compared to the WMA file format on the Olympus. The mp3 format offers advantages in using Express Scribe transcription software. The biggest reason I would not get a Sony again is something I found out when I had to get service on the recorder. Sony charged me 24 dollars to replace the recorder. The charge was a "labor" charge, even though there was no labor done. It was determined that replacement was needed on the phone. I read the mice type on their warranty and after the 90 day period they can charge you whatever they basically classify as "labor". If you read the Olympus warranty they don't rip you off in this fashion. I would bet that if you read every Sony warranty you will find this clause in there. It would be nice if you had this to read before you bought the product. I am going to remember this in the future when I am deciding between Sony and another product brand.

This digital recorder does everything the write up says it does. I use it primarily for my work. I keep operation notes during my projects. The playback clarity is top of the line even in the heavy noise areas I employ the recorder.

I used this recorder quite a bit over the New Year Holiday. I recorded individuals talking and singing as well as a whole room full of people singing and playing instruments. I had no problem with distortion even though the microphone is highly sensative. The controls are intuitive and took very little time to figure out. I am very happy with this purcahse and look forward to using it for collecting family stories when I visit my Dad.

Great recorder so far. I have only used it a few times so far so we will see. does its job very well. Kind of a small tinny sound to the speaker and small hard to see screen. I am using it mostly for voice recording. The sound is fine with the ear pods and sounds great on my Mac so would I buy it again? Yea works great so far.

Purchased primarily to record conversations. Key feature for me was works with a mac and is voice activated recording. Does both. However, the quality of the voice recording is average (at best). Sound is a bit echoed at about 15 ft away and very hard to hear. Sony has a 'add on' mic that claims to work better, the cost is the same as the recorder - go figure.