Zoom H1n Reviews

Reality is the name of the game

The auditory experience of listening to recorded lectures is just as important as the quality of a music record, And this device gives a completely realistic experience, It is pleasant and easy to concentrate on important lectures. We have a nice student who comes to the lecture and walks on crutches, one of the friends who was listening to a recorded lecture from the Zoom H1n suddenly heard the friend with the crutches approaching, and he went to the door to help him, which it turned out. that the sound comes from the headphones of the replay. There is no built-in battery, but non-rechargeable AAAx2 batteries

Punches well above its weight.

Portable, convenient and sounds great - only wishes: USB-C and 32 bit. These are addressed in the new version.

I use this device to quickly record tracks in our rehearsal room

It make pretty decent stereo recordings in a room with loud drums, amplified guitars and microphones, as far as possible with such a device.

The rotatable knob allows you to adjust the sensitivity of the recording, from very sensitive (for very quite/silent environments), to very insensitive - allowing you to make nearby (stereo) recordings of a loud drum with decent quality.

I also use this device to record the drums and record the output of the mixer (with the vocals & other instruments) separately (with another device), and join them together afterwards.

excellent

fantastic but remove the battery when not in use as it will go flat

Killing it for the price, with a grain of salt

The H1n is definitly delivering it.

The sound is great even in bad positions just thrown on the table.

Handling it is easy and straight forward.

Just one thing that bothers me a bit:

1. using batteries is a no go, this thing eats them in no time, so you use the USB power connector and this one is sometimes quickly broken especially if you plug it in and out often.

Besides that, a great bang for the buck.

Great sound.

Although it's made of plastic, it's awesome to have on at all times. It's very easy to use and a great dynamic sound. I've used it to record drums, sound effects and voice over. Very happy in any situation.

A Great Little Recorder

I was introduced to the Zoom H1N by my boss at our radio station, he recommended it. It's a great recorder with amazing sound quality. I use it for interviews and beer reviews all the time. Nice an lightweight for its size.

Great sound

It's great that such a cheap microphone gives such good sound. They really didn't save on that. The basic wind protector thing doesn't fit on it well, but it is possible.

Léger, petit, pratique

Acheté pour faire des prises de son extérieurs, principalement les sons de la nature. Acheté avec la bonette anti-vent ce qui est très pratique.

bonne possibilité de réglage. Le seul regret est que ce soit sur pile et non batterie intégrée qui serait rechargeable avec une batterie usb externe. Mais dans un sens si on n'oublie pas de prendre une réserve de piles avec ça se change très vite et on est opérationnel de suite.

Produit que je recommande pour ceux qui veulent s'initier à la prise de sons "d'ambiance"

Great Quality

Great piece of gear for the price. Sound quality is excellent and easy to use, export files, change file types etc.

Would highly recommend for newbies.

best price value ratio!

very easy to handle, gets the job done, portable, excellent sound quality, you don't need anything better if you can't record in a studio

Somewhat fiddly but superb quality

The switches and navigation buttons are pretty small, the unit's housing is very touch sensitive, but appreciate that and you've got a real gem here when used with a stand and outdoors with a cat.

Great little recorder

The sound quality is great, better than expected. I use it for video, capturing ambience and sample collecting. It's always in my backpack.

Great product, I use it mainly for making MP3s for our local Ukulele group, everyone is happy with the sound quality.

Overkill for the price!

I've purchased the H1n set with the APH-1n accessories pack.

All the products are of resonable high quality materials. The stand form the APH-1n pack is metal. The H1n is made of a plastic housing, but' i've had products of much worse quality by now. Careful not to drop it on rocks or something similar! The buttons feel fine, very clicky and the interface is logically laid out wich makes it for a simple and enjoyable handling experience.

The quality od the recording is reasonably good with options of 16 bit and 24 bit recording in 48 (16 bit addiotional 44.1 khz) and 96 khz as well as mp3 recording (up to 320 kbps). There is some marginal noise present but at the price range i think it's purely negligible.

The mic's are very nice also considering the price. I've had much worse for more money! Here you get two for the price of one! Both are condenser and capture the space at a remarkable depth, depending on the set input level.

I've purchased the H1n for recording my mixes out of a looper (via LINE-IN) with hopes of monitoring it as well, with my headphones, real-time. Well, it turns out you can do that as well! the signal of the LINE-IN can be , of course, monitored at real time, but also AMPLIFIED (Superlux HD681) to a very resonable level. That makes an adittional mixing desk or a headphone amplifier, however small, for the purpose of monitoring, completley obsolete! What a joy to discover this!

I haven't had the time to try the USB connection for the audio interface for the PC yet.

So honestly, the H1n has surpassed my expectations that were pretty high to start with. For the price of 110 eur you are sure to get:

- A standalone HQ (16, 24 bit), remote, battery and USB powered field recorder via Line In (3,5 mm)

- Two very good condenser microphones ready to record

- A headphone amplifier

*- APH 1n - many useful accessories at a resonable good quality

I'm happy with my purchase and would recommend it to anybody searching for a perfect multi-practic recording tool! For a product that's delivered it's promises, at the mentioned price - I think this is a very good deal!

Pretty good

The Sound is pretty good. Outside use needs windshield. The chassis is light plastic that generates noise If you move it too much in your hand

Fantastic and versatile for the price.

We purchased this for one of our team who was based abroad and needed a unit to record interviews and act as a microphone for our podcasts. It was an excellent recorder and really worked well as a microphone too. Easy to set up, super light and long lasting power on batteries. I'm sure there are much better units out there nowadays but I'd recommend it based on quality and reliability.

It's all you need for recording

If you play guitar and sing and want to record quickly, this recorder is all you need, really. Small, light, and always ready. Just push REC button and all you may need is to cut it and add some compression... Zoom h4n is much more complicated and has a lot of unnecessary features, if you want to go simple and fast.

Cheap and versatile device

Great for studio live and concerts recording device. A lot of functions, easy to use, great quality for small price!

Lightweight but good features for price

Overall a good unit given its price.

The only cons are the lack of a supplied windsock or slip-on pop filter and it is very easy to clip the audio.