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Portable audio recorders are, for the most part, much of a muchness. But not, Olympus would have us believe, its LS-10 Digital Recorder. Of course not every product boasts "better than CD quality" stereo recording from a pocket-sized device and the approval of Nick Mason, of Pink Floyd fame.

So what does £269.99 worth of Olympus LS-10 net you? For starters you've got a recorder the stylish aluminium casing of which wouldn't look out of place on the set of Star Trek coupled with equally decent specs:

• Up to 24bit/96kHz sampling rate and PCM recording.
• WAV/WMA/MP3 recording formats.
• Tripod connector.
• Automatic and manual recording level controls.
• SD/SDHC card slot.
• 2GB internal memory
• Built-in high quality stereo microphone.
• Built-in stereo speakers.
• Optional remote control
• Optional A/C adaptor

Olympus touts the LS-10 as being perfect for budding musicians wanting to commit their own performances to tape digital storage. Were we a little less scrupulous we might also suggest it could well be perfect for bootleg recordings of concerts - although obviously we can't condone such activity.

Nick Mason reckons "It's capable of recording at a quality that was previously only possible with a full mobile recording studio" and that's good enough for us.

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