DVT7500 VoiceTracer Audio Recorder

Only a 3, as it was a third party seller from Amazon (was trying out the used model). But it had all the functions I needed, look great, was portable, very clear recording. XLR’s was a big buying point for me. Unfortunately, it didn’t work properly (flash drive issues).

I've been using this for a few months now with an XLR mic and I have no idea why they discontinued it. It had already been dropped by Philips when I bought it, but I took a chance based on the low price. I am in no way displease with my decision. I use it for YouTube voiceovers and love the quality of audio it captures. I am impressed by this recorder. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for its manual (online). Some things I just had to figure out by myself, but it wasn't difficult. By no means does it have a steep learning curve. Anyone can use this device, most assuredly.

I used this product for professional field audio recordings until now. The unit has some quirks. For example, the WAV recordings can only be saved on the onboard storage. Only recordings in mp3 format can be saved on the SD card. One has also to be careful with the sensitivity level when recording. It is very easy to have clipping on the recording, due to an input level being too high. The fine tuning of the input level is difficult and is very sensitive. Another quirk is that using the auto gain will force the recording into mono instead of stereo. The interface is good although not really user friendly. It has external XLR inputs with Phantom power (48V). I did not use this feature much since most of my recordings were field recordings but it does work well. Although it is a recorder principally designed for speech recording, it was also thought as an audio professional field recorder and does the job very well as such. It is a bit heavy but it is a real sturdy construction compared to the cheap plastic cases of the competition. The bad part if that the support service is bad or non-existent. This unit has now been discontinued and is sold by third party vendors not by Philips. It is a bit expensive compared to the competition. If purchasing it, be very careful when connecting the USB port. I stopped using this unit now as the mini USB connector started to break lose from the main board. I opened up the unit and found out that the soldering was getting loose (bad soldering at manufacturing time). It is a micro soldering which makes it very difficult if not impossible to re-solder the connector the motherboard. Ultimately, the connector totally broke loose from the board. It is too bad as this unis is simply of a very good audio quality. The microphones especially are quite good, compared to my replacement Tascam unit.

PLAY BACK TOO NOISY, PLAY BACK VOLUME TO LOW WITH MONITER SPEAKERS TIMER NEED TO BE LIKE VOICE RECORDER TIMERS LIKE DVT4050

The Philips DVT7500 VoiceTracer Audio Recorder produces very good recordings using the built-in microphones, and also allows you to use external mikes, including XLR (using the provided adapter) for more flexible placement, and line-level inputs such as an electric guitar or keyboard. You can even use both the internal mikes and the external inputs devices simultaneously. The format of the recording can be set everywhere from 128kbps mp3 (suitable for voice recording) to 24bit/96kHz WAV (uncompressed). Keep in mind that if you wish to record to external media (up to 64 GB micro SD-card), you can only use the 128kbps mp3 format, so this is really meant for recording meetings, lectures, or situations where very high quality musical reproduction is not important. However, even at the highest quality, there is something like 8 hours of recording time available on the internal memory, so this limitation should not generally be a problem. The design of the unit is good overall, although there are a few peculiarities. For instance, there is a dedicated Noise Cut switch, presumably for speech recording, where if activated, the recording is mono-only, and the quality is severely reduced. Nowhere are these restrictions mentioned in the User Manual (supplied on the device; you'll need to copy it to a computer to read), and I initially had a terrible time trying to figure out why the device was seemingly not accepting my recording settings with regard to format, etc. Also, it is surprising that the Noise Cut is the sole setting which is not relegated to the Quality Settings along with the other recording parameters. One other peculiarity I noticed is that, after having set the microphone Gain, when returning to the recording screen, the Gain adjustment will not have been set. You apparently have to press the Focus button to activate it. All of these things the user can get used to, and the DVT7500 makes fine recordings, but I recommend making many trial recordings just to become familiar with the various quirks in the software design. Were these idiosyncrasies not present, this device would rate 5 stars

Philips DVT7500 recorder was exactly what I needed. I needed it not as a music instrument recorder but sound recorder and player. This one (in happy difference with some other voice recorders) have excellent 2 watt speaker and perfect recorded file position display. The other recorders-mp3 players (mainly radio mp3 players) do have very good speaker (2 or even 3 watts) but have just 2 digit minutes display. So, they are incapable to say you where you are when listening to a long, sometime 12 hours long recordings. You do need sometime to learn this special philips recorder inner orders. Initially I was even ready to think that it was useless one, like so many others that I have. I was utterly wrong! My worries were that it do not save automatically its position in the file when you disconnect the recorder. But it, in reality, give you the opportunity to mark you file in many places, where you can arrive later at your will. And this give the advantage to not only to know where you was the last time in a given file, but give you opportunity to know your positions in many files in the same time. For me, who listen to many different books and recorded programs in many languages, this ability was really vital. Finally I found what I needed! Absolutely superb recorder!!!

Je cherchais un enregistreur avec une batterie incorporée. Pour moi, c'est ce qui est le plus déterminant dans un bon enregistreur... il n'a rien de plus agaçant que des piles qui lâchent en plein enregistrement. La qualité est exceptionnelle, puisque vous pouvez enregistrer par connexion XLR (alimentation 24 v) . Je ne comprend pas tout ces jeunes qui ne jurent que par ZOOM. Phillips est une grande marque. Donc les musiciens et autres utilisateurs exigeants... Vous pouvez vous précipiter sur cet appareil, qui est en plus joli et bien fini. Satisfait de l'équipe Amazon qui m'ont retourné un premier appareil défectueux.

Einfach zu bedienen. Gute Verarbeitung. Negativ: Warum keine Möglichkeit 48khz bzw 44,1khz bei 24 Bit aufzunehmen? Umsetzung des XLR Eingangs als Adapter ist eine unglückliche Lösung. Zu Einen muss man diesen getrennt Laden/ Einschalten usw. Zum Anderen hat man dieses nervige XLR Verbindungskabelnauf der linken Seite-mit der Gefahr, dass man damit irgendwo hängen bleibt. Ausserdem kommt man mit dem Adapter kaum an die Löschen Taste

Now I have had this a little while and tested it in various places, I can honestly say that I'm really impressed. The recording quality is very high and there is no background hiss when using a mic in. Great for recording interviews for podcasts using the built in microphones and the other day I recorded a whole two day conference, using the XLR inputs - excellent recording and didn't have to worry about the battery. Being able to remove the XLR adapter is a major bonus as it makes the device smaller enough to drop into your pocket. So, the performance is top and couldn't recommend it more. What is a little annoying is that the tripod mount is on the XLR adapter; however, you secure the XLR adapter with two small screws to the main body, so in theory you could make a tripod adapter to fit that (this is what I'm going to do). If you want something that can be used for many different recording situations, then this device really is for you.

Used it to provide backing audio file for panto video I'm creating. Easy to use, good battery life.