Top 10 best-selling Field Recorders

A workhorse of a field recorder, the Zoom F3 is built like a handheld tank, presents a no-nonsense workflow, provides two XLR microphone ports and is able to make 32-bit 192kHz high-resolution recordings.

A handheld field recorder built for right-now, the Zoom H2essential Handy Recorder supports 32-bit float recording and even features a speaking menu, making this model 100% accessible for the visually impaired.

The Tascam DR-05XP is an excellent field recorder for a very reasonable investment. Equipped with 32-bit float recording quality, so never wrong gain settings again.

The Zoom H5studio field recorder is perhaps the best you can get right now! Excellent pre-amps, mics that can handle 140 dB, audio interface, 32 bit float, nice colour screen, and much more!

The Zoom H5 recorder features a stereo microphone capsule and 2 XLR/jack inputs, allowing you to make excellent 1 to 4-channel recordings. The microphone capsule can be replaced by an optional shotgun microphone or additional XLR inputs.

The Zoom H6studio Handy Recorder is a very high-quality field recorder, if only because the XY microphones are so good. It may cost a bit, but it's worth every euro!

Go for a field day with the Zoom F6 and capture beautiful recordings using its six XLR inputs. With Zoom, quality is guaranteed when it comes to both sound performance and build construction.

The Zoom H1N recorder was already an industry-leader, and now, with the dawn of the Zoom H1Essental, the H1N concept just got upgraded with 32-bit Float audio.

One of Zoom's best-selling multi-track recorders, the H4N has been upgraded with 32-bit float technology — enter the Zoom H4Essential.

With the extensive Zoom H6Essential multi-track recorder, up to six audio tracks can be captured simultaneously via 32-bit float technology, removing the need to worry about recording levels.