Recordings on MP3 players and other portable devices 'Written in March' (Microphone Showdown)

William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

This is a project which will allow us to compare recording quality of different mp3 players and portable recording devices. Each reader has recorded the poem "Written in March" by William Wordsworth.
For more information on actions taken on recordings please see The Project thread.
Recorders used in the sections:


  1. Sony ICD-SX46 2

  2. iRiver T10

  3. Sansa m240

  4. nextar MA566

  5. Zoom H2Handy Recorder

  6. Sansa C3 MP3 player

  7. iRiver iHP-140

  8. iRiver T10 1GB

  9. Sandisk Sansa Clip

  10. Creative Zen Vision M

  11. iRiver ifp780 with external mic

  12. iRiver ifp780 with internal mic

  13. Kodak Easyshare Z650 camera

  14. Logitech USB Headset 350

  15. Samson H4

  16. Samsung YP-C1

  17. iPod Nano

  18. Boss Digital Recorder BR-600

  19. Zoom H2 Handy Recorder

  20. Archos Gmini 402

  21. sansa m240

  22. Creative Zen Nano Plus

  23. Korg D4 digital recorder

  24. Samsung D600 mobile phone

  25. Creative MuVo N200

  26. Aigo A208 mp3 player

Genre(s): Poetry, Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry), Technology & Engineering

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Sony ICD-SX46 2 aldurtschi
00:01:08
Play 02 iRiver T10 Betsie Bush
00:01:14
Play 03 Sansa m240 Esther
00:01:00
Play 04 nextar MA566 Esther
00:01:04
Play 05 Zoom H2Handy Recorder Glenn McKnight
00:01:09
Play 06 Sansa C3 MP3 player Glenn McKnight
00:00:55
Play 07 iRiver iHP-140 Great Plains
00:01:03
Play 08 iRiver T10 1GB Great Plains
00:01:04
Play 09 Sandisk Sansa Clip Jerome Lawsen
00:01:02
Play 10 Creative Zen Vision M Joseph Rowland
00:00:59
Play 11 iRiver ifp780 with external mic Sean McGaughey
00:01:00
Play 12 iRiver ifp780 with internal mic Sean McGaughey
00:01:05
Play 13 Kodak Easyshare Z650 camera Sean McGaughey
00:01:04
Play 14 Logitech USB Headset 350 Sean McGaughey
00:01:09
Play 15 Samson H4 Sean McGaughey
00:01:06
Play 16 Samsung YP-C1 Sean McGaughey
00:01:00
Play 17 iPod Nano July Day
00:01:04
Play 18 Boss Digital Recorder BR-600 Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
00:01:20
Play 19 Zoom H2 Handy Recorder Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
00:01:18
Play 20 Archos Gmini 402 icyjumbo (1964-2010)
00:01:04
Play 21 sansa m240 Karen Savage
00:00:56
Play 22 Creative Zen Nano Plus Laurie Anne Walden
00:00:53
Play 23 Korg D4 digital recorder Just Mike
00:01:04
Play 24 Samsung D600 mobile phone Just Mike
00:01:03
Play 25 Creative MuVo N200 Paul Curran
00:01:21
Play 26 Aigo A208 mp3 player Peter Yearsley
00:01:08