Context: Teenage Engineering releases this “field recorder” which is cute and costs over $1000.

w00t. Love it.

Introduce: reddit comments

“It’s not really a field recorder”.

Why?

No phantom power, can’t plug in my Shotgun mic.

…

Ok so then the discussion evolves. A not-really-field-recorder that costs so much. Is it a waste of money?

And a guy responds - if it’s not in your price range, look elsewhere.

So I ask,

https://chatgpt.com/share/683dead4-baa0-8013-8ebd-27affad93073