So far so good. Received as expected.

Supper sensitive, work perfectly for recording or interview

If you like podcasting or voice overs, you're gonna like this item. I've held Tascam to a high degree of quality for a while, and I suspected that it's name would maintain that quality throughout. "“ Well, for its internal microphones, definitely. To use it as a preamp with external mics attached, definitely not.

When you use the option to connect another mic, you have to access a menu option to power that mic through the Tascam. And it does so. Depending on the mic, like that of a directional mic, it takes processing power to power that mic as well as mobility to keep recording. Basically what I'm trying to say is that it skips if you're actively running or moving too quickly. And if you're going to use a lavalier mic, the skip is less pronounced, but it still happens. ANY EXTERNAL MIC makes the recording sound very different. And not in a good way. There's a huge difference in the sound. Any directional mic will pick up a lot of rig-handling interference like never before. Even if you turn down the low cut to 220Hz, you still hear your fingers prod over the gymbal rig like an Aliens Facehugger at an anchorman's mic of a stadium. It sounds like thunder and it's definitely not wanted.

If you use it for computer voice recording file transfers by itself, it's totally worth its money. The internal mics provide the perfect mouth distance tonal range that your voice needs for whatever platform you may be uploading it to, without any processing.

Right out the box, it works. But when you start to wonder it's other capabilities, you're gonna down yourself for what you find out. It just doesn't playback well with external mics. Bottom line.

So far, it works great... Probably better than I expected...

I thought the white backlight is better. Then I realize the original orange color is much better.
The white LED display hurt my eyes.