Olympus WS-331M

This has to be one of the most handy pieces of equipment i am currently using. The WS-331M Dictaphone made by Olympus is compact, leighweight, easy to use and boast a massive 2Gb worth of storage meaning that you can hold up to 30 hours worth of recordings on the device aswell as holding up to 500 songs if you want to use it as a music player. One big bonus with this device is that the case splits into two revealing a Usb connection meaning that you can plug the whole unit straight into your computer without having to worry about carrying around a seperate USB lead. The feel of the dictaphone is slightly plasticy but that seem to be the compromise ...  Read the complete review

I have been working with a fair amount of audio and visual equipment recently, and one of the items I have come across has been this one, amongst various other dictaphones, or digital voice recorders. The Olympus WS 331 is a very compact digital voice recorder, and is in the same 'series' as the 210 and 110 recorders in the WS series from Olympus. The 331 has a substantially larger memory, with its 2 GB capacity allowing up to 555 hours' worth of recording time. This is particularly useful for people wishing to set long periods of recording to keep in a series of pieces, although 555 hours is more than enough for anyone (!) and requires changing the record ...  Read the complete review