Sony High-Resolution Portable Audio Recorder

Perfect for music and meetings
Authentic recordings with 3-way microphone
Capture band sessions in faithful High-Resolution Audio. Record crystal clear conversations and business meetings. With adjustable microphones, this digital recorder reproduces every detail precisely.

The Way The Artists Truly Intended
Enjoy the subtlest nuances of studio-quality sound in higher than CD quality with High-Resolution Audio. Passion for music unites every component from signal to speaker so it feels like the artist is performing right in front of you.

Supreme sound, superior recording
Record and play with absolute precision. Capture songs and sessions in better than CD sound quality and enjoy everything you've recorded in High-Resolution Audio.

Linear PCM Recording
Capture sound at up to 96KHz/24-bit, a serious step up from the 44.1KHz frequency and 16-bit rate of CD.

Free Lossless Audio Codec
Enjoy lossless audio with the clarity and dynamics that the artist intended, with flac playback support.

Authentic amplification
The S-Master HX digital amp cuts distortion and noise across a wide range of frequencies.

Enjoy jaw-dropping sound quality
Like going from standard definition to HD video, High-Resolution Audio tracks are far higher quality than MP3s and even CDs, letting you hear every breath, every drumbeat, every note. Even better, the S-Master HX all-digital amplifier reduces potential distortion, ensuring you always get the full listening experience recorded in the studio.

Sound recording, optimized
Fine-tune recordings with a 3-way adjustable microphone
Whether you're recording a business meeting, band practice or an event outdoors, sound is always optimized. The adjustable microphone can be angled any of three ways to match your environment and capture music or voices perfectly and can even record in the fine detail of High-Resolution Audio.

Zoom for business
For small groups of people, such as business meetings or tutorials, the zoom setting captures conversations with optimum clarity so you'll miss nothing.

XY for music
For solo performances or small band sessions, choose the XY setting with performers close to the microphone for natural sound and depth.

Wide stereo for outdoors
For open spaces, outdoor events and conferences, the wide stereo setting captures a variety of different sounds, giving a sense of realism and spaciousness.

Control recordings wirelessly
Easy smartphone control with REC Remote
Start and stop recordings, adjust levels and settings and even add track marks, all using your smartphone. The REC Remote app, available on Google Play for Android or the App Store for iOS devices, lets you control your recorder from a distance over Bluetooth.

Take control
Use the app's simple control pad to start, stop and pause recordings, up to 10m (30ft) away from the recorder.

Be informed
Set and check a variety of settings remotely, including recording mode and level, format and bit-rate to get just the right sound.

Stay organized
Press the T-MARK button during recording, playback or pause to add up to 98 track marks, making it easy to find content quickly.

Boost your storage
With 16GB of built-in memory, you can record up to 636 hours of MP3 in LP mode. If you need more space, add a Micro SDHC or MicroSDXC card using the MicroSD slot.

Plug and play
Don't waste time with cables. USB Direct lets you plug your voice recorder straight into a PC for easy transfer and storage of your recordings.

High-Resolution Audio for uncompromised sound
Experience digital music to the fullest with High-Resolution Audio. By capturing music at a higher rate than CD, increasing both audio samples per second and the bit-rate accuracy of each sample, High-Resolution Audio offers an uncompromised rendition of an artists' music. Savor every breath and subtle movement for a truly emotional experience.

3-way directional microphone fine-tunes recordings
Accurately record in a variety of environments by adjusting the built-in directional microphones. Choose between zoom for small groups of people such as business meetings or tutorials, XY for music sessions or wide stereo for outdoor events and conferences.

REC Remote for easy smartphone control
Available on GooglePlay for Android or AppStore for iOS devices, the REC Remote app lets you control your recorder from a distance using Bluetooth. Start and stop recording, adjust recording levels and settings, even add track marks so you can easily find content quickly. A simple interface on your phone helps you control, monitor and organize recordings from afar.

Linear PCM Recording for peerless sound
Supporting Linear PCM Recording at sampling frequencies as high as 96kHz and bit rates up to 24-bit, this voice recorder faithfully captures the most subtle nuances of live performances and events. It can record at better than CD quality sound, making it ideal for musicians wanting to capture an authentic recording for themselves and their fans.

Multiple music formats for easy playback
The ICD-SX2000 supports popular music formats such as MP3, WAV and FLAC. Support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) allows you to listen to compressed music tracks without any degradation in sound quality.

S-Master HX digital amplifier: utmost sonic purity
Enjoy the best High-Resolution Audio experience with the S-Master HX digital amplifier. Using a simplified and fully digital signal path, S-Master HX reproduces the subtleties and wide frequency range of high-resolution formats. Unlike conventional amplifiers, it maintains the digital signal until right before the speaker output, eliminating distortion - for High-Resolution Audio, just as the artist intended.

Expand your memory using SD card media
Store even more recordings using the SD card slot. You can expand your memory from 4GB to 32GB using microSDHC media and to 64GB or more using microSDXC media. It is not possible to record LPCM 96kHz/24-bit audio directly to a micro SDHC or microSDXC card.

USB Direct for easy cable-free connections
Don't waste time connecting with cables. A built-in USB lets you plug your voice recorder directly into a PC, so you can easily store and transfer recordings.

16GB built-in memory stores multiple recordings
Store up to 636 hours of recordings in LP mode (MP3, 48kbps), enough to handle multiple band sessions, meetings and interviews. You can also capture up to 6 hours, 35 minutes of high quality recording in LPCM 96kHz/24-bit mode.

Integrated tripod connection for vibration-free recordings
A built-in tripod slot allows easy connection of a tripod when recording events such as a band practice, conference presentation or interview. With a tripod connected, you can record without the vibration sometimes experienced from surfaces such as a desktop or table.