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Maycom MicTube
Maycom MP3 Report Kit
Maycom N>Trans
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Welcome to the home of the best in Solid State Audio Recording for broadcast, commercial and educational applications...

Solid State Sound is the only specialist UK company dealing in solid state sound recorders and associated audio items and accessories. Who better to consult when considering a purchase of such kit? Because we can advise on the most appropriate solution for your application - not just sell you what we happen to have in stock!

We are the exclusive UK distributor of the superb Maycom range of Digital Compact Flash Card Recorders and associated tools. Maycom are the pioneers of solid state digital acquisition recorders having invented the format in 1994 - they are therefore well ahead of the game, with more experience than any other manufacturer in the world.

To complement our range we also offer some excellent recorders from other leading manufacturers... Edirol, Fostex, HHB, Marantz, M-Audio, Zoom, Nagra & Tascam.

Sony PCM-D50 now in stock!

Great value - Tascam DR-1 now under £200

Edirol R44 back in stock and selling well!

New Edirol R-09HR is our best seller

And you can buy Solid State Sound kit online at our own...

Go to Ordering pageGo to Connectronics website

Please also feel free to call us with any query, or to arrange a demonstration, or to borrow a recorder for evaluation. This is not just a mail-order site. We provide much more than that if you need it. Please just ask. We're here to help.
 

Here's a selection of the Solid State Recorders we sell...
 

Maycom HandHeld II

 NOW EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE

From Maycom, the inventors of Solid State Sound recording, meet the most well proven, reliable and rugged of them all. We call working with the HandHeld II "Single Handed News Gathering" because it is just that! The perfect sized WAV & MPEG-II broadcast quality recorder, so called because it sits comfortably in the palm of your hand just like your Sky remote control. Easily the best sounding and so easy to use. More...

 
Maycom MicTube
A high-quality, professional balanced microphone preamplifier with gain control housed in an elongated XLR connector. Maycom MicTube is designed to be used with any MD, DAT, Cassette, Laptop, PC or Camcorder as well as the Maycom and SSS MP3 Recorder (above). This product is unique to Maycom and is a wonderful problem solver. More...

 
Maycom N>Trans
Maycom's newest product gives records to broadcast standard on a PDA. It fits into the PDA's CF card slot, and its optional LUCI software provides a simple front-end with easy editing facilities. N>Trans supports both Windows Pocket PC & 200/XP. On a WIFI-equipped PDA you can even deliver audio straight to the studio. More...

Maycom Easycorder
The Easycorder is Maycom’s second generation of professional portable solid State recorders, and has proven itself time and time again in the most harsh environments in the world -  war zones, storms, political demonstrations, deserts... More...


 

Nagra ARES-M II
With the ARES-M II, famed recorder maker, Nagra, comes within the reach of an even wider audience. Designed principally for radio applications, the ARES-M II offers instant start-up, one button recording, automatic level control, internal loudspeaker, voice operated recording, low-cut filter and a simple onboard graphic audio editor. More...

Edirol R-09HR
If Edirol's best-selling R-09 defined the art of the digital audio notebook, then the R-09HR refines it and takes it to a new level. In both features and performance. You can really feel the the depth of quality in its handling and feel. More...

New & in stock!

Edirol R-44
The R-44 is based on Edirol's popular and well respected R4 portable hard disk recorder, but being an SD Card recorder it comes in an even more conveniently sized package. With an R-44 you can capture up to 4 channels of uncompressed audio with selectable bit depths and sampling frequencies onto SD or large capacity SDHC card media. More... 

Edirol R-4
This portable Hard Disk recorder gives you 24-bit/96-kHz linear recording on four tracks with an on-board editing facility and five high quality built-in effects. The Edirol R-4 is also equipped with a Compact Flash Card slot so you can read and write to that as well.  More... 
Limited number of B-Stock R4s currently available for just £499!
 

Edirol R-4 Pro
The R-4 Pro shares the R-4's generous feature set plus great sound quality, and it adds even more professional functions such as AES/EBU support, SMPTE time code and even better mic preamps. Its 100% bigger 80GB hard drive will store up to 125 hours of high quality audio, and you can record up to four channels at 24-bit 96KHz and monitor each channel discretely. More... 


 

Sony PCM-D50
The PCM-D50 is a 96kHz/24-bit recorder fitted with two-position (X-Y or Wide) stereo microphones, 4GB of internal flash memory and a slot for Sony's proprietary Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo for additional storage. more...

HHB FlashMic
If what you need is a simple yet professional digital recording microphone and you only require mono recordings, then the FlashMic fits the bill. It combines a high-quality, Sennheiser omnidirectional condenser capsule with an inbuilt, broadcast-quality flash recorder. More...

Zoom H4
Whether you're recording a live performance, a podcast, a rehearsal, a song writing session or even a sizzling performance of your band, the H4 has all the tools available. To underline its accent on music recording applications it has built-in studio effects such as compression, limiting and mic modelling. More... 

Zoom H2
A low cost stereo sound notebook in an easy-to-use, ultra-portable form factor, the Zoom H2 enables you to record audio in a variety of applications. From seminars and conferences, pod-casting, musical performance, song writing sessions and rehearsals, the H2 will do the job when you're on a budget. More...

M-Audio MicroTrack II
The redesigned MicroTrack II brings even more professional features to the original high-fidelity mobile digital recorder that’s been so popular. With an extended input gain range, analogue input limiter, 48V phantom power, faster file transfer rate and other enhancements, MicroTrack II delivers a high quality mobile recording experience. More... 

Marantz PMD620
The Marantz PMD620 is a high performance handheld digital recorder that records to SD flashcard media in either PCM (.WAV) or MP3 audio formats. Its lightweight compact form (just 62x102x25mm), ergonomic design and ease of operation commends the PMD620 to a wide range of users, including journalists, reporters, programme makers, podcasters, musicians and sound recordists everywhere. More...
 

Marantz PMD660
We call this one "The Recording Brick" because it feels a bit like that in your hand. No matter, though, because it's a great little performer if you need an MP3 and WAV recorder and don't mind the size aspect. More...
Marantz PMD670
Following on from their days of cassette-based portable recorders here is Marantz's traditional approach to solid state in the form of their PMD670 (16-bit/48kHz). The classic "over-the-shoulder" form factor is still in favour here and this machine is capable of recording MP3, MP2, WAV and BWF. More...

 

Marantz PMD671
Essentially this is the premium version of the Marantz PMD670 (left). Whilst it shares the rich feature list of that machine, it adds two major features of its own: 24-bit/96Hz recording quality, and a "virtual third head" for confidence read-after-write monitoring. More...

 

Marantz CDR310
This is not strictly a solid state recorder but we have included it in our roster of products for those who require or prefer to have an immediate CD of their recordings without first having to transfer them from their flash card to a PC. More...

Fostex FR-2LE
The FR-2LE is a compact field memory recorder for professional use offering 24bit 96kHz recording in the industry standard BWF file format. It has a good pedigree given Fostex's previous success with their DAT portables (PD2 & PD4) and latterly with their solid state FR-2 and its optional full timecode facility. More...
Fostex FR2 Field Recorder
Designed specifically for location sound recording, high quality sound effects acquisition, TV & radio documentary features, the Fostex FR2 solid state recorder comes in a traditional "over the shoulder" form factor and is capable of up to 24-bit/192kHz uncompressed recording. More...

Tascam DR-1
The DR-1 is a compact portable stereo digital recorder that captures hours of voice or music to SD memory media. A pair of built-in variable-angle microphones allows the user to record from almost anywhere at both MP3 and WAV file formats. more...

Tascam HD-P2
As expected from Tascam their first foray into solid state is a broadcast standard, high resolution CF-card field audio recorder capable of up to 192kHz/24-bit recording. Features on this highly professional unit include fast Firewire downloading, on-board SMPTE timecode and much more...

Marantz PMD560 Solid State Installation Recorder
Marantz's entry-level non-portable solid state recorder based on their entry-level PMD660 portable unit.
Presented in a rackmounting format for installations that require a
a permanently fixed way of recording.
More...

 

Marantz PMD570 Solid State Installation Recorder
A fully professional multi-format, non-portable solid state recorder, the Marantz PMD570 is
essentially their PMD670 in a rackmounting format for professional installations that require
a permanently fixed way of recording meetings, conferences, church services, etc.
More...

 

Marantz PMD580 Network Solid State Recorder
Expanding on the legacy  of their PMD560 and PMD570 solid state recorders for permanent installations,
Marantz's PMD580 adds advanced network control and automatic archiving to the capabilities of this popular line.

More...

 

Tascam SS-R1 & SS-CDR1 Solid State Installation Recorders
SS-R1 and SS-CDR1 are single rack space solid state recorders for the installation market. Designed for applications that currently use a cassette or Minidisk (MD) recorder, the SS-R1 records to CompactFlash cards in CD-quality WAV or in MP3 format to achieve extended recording times. The SS-CDR1 adds a slot-loading CD recorder for direct audio CD creation, direct MP3 recording to CD as well as additional audio transfer functions.
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SSS TransPedal
A simple and straightforward foot-pedal device that plugs into your PC and
enables digital audio files to be transcribed just like in the bad old days of
tape and cassette.. More...

 

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