Product Description

Opt for the liberty with the digital voice recorder ICD-MX20 from Sony. With a multisense, highly sensitive stereo microphone for an exceptional recording quality, the ICD-MX20 offers an internal 32 Mb memory (for up to 11h45 of recording), which may be extended thanks to the MemoryStick PRO Duo slot.Thanks to the ne LPEC codec from Sony which provides you with an excellent sound quality and offers precise visibility thanks to the LCD screen. Furthermore you can control the speed of the lecture for an even bigger versatility. Thanks to many other features, the ICD-MX20 is one of the most complex digital voice recorder.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34081 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: ICDMX20.CE7
• Released on: 2008-03-03
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

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Manufacturer's Description
The standout feature on the ICD-MX20 is the hybrid storage. It gives you the option of using the built-in 32MB flash memory, or utilizing Memory Stick Duo or Pro Duo media cards, providing virtually unlimited capacity. This is a great feature if you're at a long conference, and don't have time to download your files to a computer. Just put in a new Memory Stick Pro Duo media card, and keep recording. Each card can hold over 300 personalized folders, which makes organizing your audio a simple process. It's compatible with Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred Voice to Print Software and USB 2.0.

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Customer Reviews

A big disappointment
Compared to the other Sony IC recorders I have (ICD-MS515 and ICD-BP150) the ICD-MX20 is a major let down - especially for the price. Although ICD-MX20 is very well-built it just cannot make good recordings. There are lots of phasing artefacts - even in the highest-quality mode.

For me the supplied software - Digital Voice Editor 3 - is functional enough if it could get along okay with the drivers for my Edirol FA-101 firewire audio interface that I use as an external soundcard. But clicking the volume control in DVE 3 seems to disable the Edirol drivers meaning that they have to be reinstalled. So I have removed DVE 3 from the PC and now use Sony's WMP plug-in to play .msv files on the computer. Then, for converting .msv files to other formats, I use NCH SWITCH.

Perhaps I have a rogue machine. However, I would recommend you test ICD-MX20 in a store before buying it. I give two stars mainly for the solid construction. But there must be other machines out there that can make far better recordings for this kind of money.

Brilliant - excellent recording quality
I bought this with the intention of using it to record me play the Piano and saxophone. Then if i played anything i really liked i wouldn't have to immediately stop and quickly try to write it out before i forgot it. Instead i could play the dictaphone back and then try to work it out again.
The recording quality is brilliant and the 4gb memory stick i bought seperately has recorded loads of conversations and music sessions and isn't even 25 percent full yet. My friend is now going to buy his own as with his current dictaphone he has to carry loads of tapes with him !
Whereas i only one small memory stick.
I would definitely recommend it to anyone wanting a decent dictaphone.

Superb voice recorder
Good points: it delivers stunning stereo recordings due to a top quality built-in microphone and a great Sony CODEC. The supplied voice editing software works well. All functions are easily accessible from menus displayed on the LCD screen - a big improvement on older Sony models where options were hard to select or needed confusing combinations of button presses.

Negatives: it's expensive and the in-built memory is shamefully small (32MB = 85mins in the highest quality mode). Adding a cheap 1GB card I now have over 44hrs of recording time - more than I'll ever need!