Zoom H5

Physical Product · Microphones, recorders & location sound · 13 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/LocationSound

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I am thinking about replacing the stock windscreen of the Zoom H5 w/ XYH-5 capsule with two smaller lavalier windscreen (see photo).
To add, ideally one of the new H5/6s, the original gen have noisy af preamps.
I've also got my eye on Zoom H5, but it's ugly as sin and I'm not sure how I'd operate it out of bag.
If you're always using this with a mic, there's no reason IMO to get the bulkier H5.
The Zoom H5 does not support that. If you have the Zoom H5 Studio version it supports 32-bit float.

2 positive (15%) · 5 mixed (38%) · 6 negative (46%)

Trust + time weighted score: -31% · raw score -31%

I am thinking about replacing the stock windscreen of the Zoom H5 w/ XYH-5 capsule with two smaller lavalier windscreen (see photo).

mixed · u/l****o · r/LocationSound · Nov 3, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

To add, ideally one of the new H5/6s, the original gen have noisy af preamps.

negative · u/P****a · r/LocationSound · comment · Nov 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

Zoom H5 hits your specs. Lots of used H5’s and H6’s out there.

positive · u/J****C · r/LocationSound · comment · Nov 28, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

I've also got my eye on Zoom H5, but it's ugly as sin and I'm not sure how I'd operate it out of bag.

negative · u/S****7 · r/LocationSound · Nov 28, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

I figured I would buy a cheap Zoom h5 and then a shotgun to get clean sounds.

positive · u/t****n · r/LocationSound · Nov 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

If you're always using this with a mic, there's no reason IMO to get the bulkier H5.

negative · u/k****u · r/LocationSound · comment · Nov 19, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

The Zoom H5 does not support that. If you have the Zoom H5 Studio version it supports 32-bit float.

negative · u/k****u · r/LocationSound · comment · Nov 18, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

your H5 doesn't have auto gain and you don't need it

negative · u/A****4 · r/LocationSound · comment · Nov 17, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

I’m currently using a Sennheiser MKH 50 for indoor work and a H5 from zoom with the shotgun stereo mic.

mixed · u/V****4 · r/LocationSound · Jul 21, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

The Zoom H5 is a hand-held recorder(it does not have great preamps, nor great microphones, nor great S/N ratio)

negative · u/t****2 · r/LocationSound · comment · Feb 24, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗