Originally posted by PiDicus Rex Seller is an idiot,...
I've done Behind Scenes photos during takes on film sets, and the Soundies have reported that they couldn't hear the camera firing.
A mates K-30 gets nasty looks from the soundies.
Once you're off angle from the shotgun mic's, the K-01 is more then quiet enough for most uses.
Well, I don't know the back story, perhaps he thinks it is fine, but his wife says it is noisy during their kids piano recital. Or some variant of that. He was very good to work with on eBay and packed it impeccably, great communication and offered follow up (through eBay messaging, of course) if I had any issues. I did turn the beep off, but otherwise it is not loud to me either.
So I'll be interested to see if my "new" KEH K-30 is even louder than my K-r clunker.