The latest in Zoom’s range of Handy recorders, the H2N is unique as far as we’re aware, in that it features five microphone capsules behind its grille that can be utilised in four s lectable recording modes. It’s the first handheld recorder to offer Mid-Side (MS) stereo recording (a mid mic facing at the sound source and a bi-directional side mic to capture sound from left and right), but also has an X/Y stereo mic array for conventional stereo and can record two-channel and fourchannel surround sound.