Even when you’ve weighed up the pros and cons outlined on the Equipment page you might find you still want to know what different equipment will sound like. Just how much louder, clearer, closer will that Ortolan Bunting be? Linked below are some examples of recordings made either side-by-side (different equipment recording same bird in parallel), or back-to-back (different equipment recording same bird in serial):

• USB mini mic, AudioMoth, lapel mic and parabolic mic recordings of the same Redwing, Moorhen and Song Thrush
• AudioMoth vs Parabolic mic: side-by-side recordings of a nocmig Moorhen
• Zoom H4n Pro vs Parabolic mic: back-to-back recordings of daytime Robin

 

More comparisons will follow. If you’ve got suitable recordings that could be used for comparisons, contact us.