Another Zoom is on the way.

This is a pint sized interface to fix the one small issue I have, which is powering XLR condenser mics with something small enough to attach to a rig.

The H5 is great, but even with the main capsule removed it is heavy and bulky and relies on a single screw thread for connection.

The F1 and EXH-6 twin XLR capsule does not provide phantom power to condenser mics.

The H8 is another beast all together.

The AMS-24 is a highly flexible and portable musicians interface, but it can also a handy, light, tough little twin XLR interface to a video camera, providing the needed phantom power.

It can be strapped to anything, dangle, go into a bag or pocket or be clamped to a stand.

I have looked at a lot of Zoom devices and this one, a decent special at $169au, seems to be the best fit. Basically this with a pair of Lewitt 040 Match SDC’s and you have a small universal recording kit or with a LCT 240 Pro makes a pod casting power house. At -120 dbu it is not a field recorder, but close enough for general use and better than many cheap recorders (same noise as the H5).

The even smaller AMS-22 was on my radar also, being only half the size, but it lost the option of battery power and the single input may have been limiting for only a little less money and really neither weighs much (AMS-24 is well under 200g with batts).

The bigger AMS-44 was not appealing because for its size and bulk with 4 mics attached, the H5 and even the H8 come into play and are even better platforms for that mess.