recommendations on recorder??

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a portable
walkman-sized *digital* recorder? I don't want to spend more than
about $500.

I was using a Sony "professional Walkman" for many years and the
sound quality was excellent, but it's superseded, of course, today by
digital technology.

Thanks!

Joseph

Joe,

Responding on metatuning to keep the 'tech' talk down over here...

Cheers,
Jon

>I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a portable
>walkman-sized *digital* recorder? I don't want to spend more than
>about $500.
>
>I was using a Sony "professional Walkman" for many years and the
>sound quality was excellent, but it's superseded, of course, today
>by digital technology.

Actually, it isn't. There are a few things out there that record
mp3, by Archos and Pogo that I know of. There's this...

http://www.nagraaudio.com/pages/nagraaresp.php?etat=2

...but it'll cost you more than $500. Tascam and Korg both make
very small solid-state 4-track recorders for under $500, but they're
limited to very poor bitrates and they can't address media larger
than 128 megs and of course they can't record more thna 2 tracks
at once.

-Carl

>Responding on metatuning to keep the 'tech' talk down over here...

So the best thing out there is the Sony MZ-R50 minidisc recorder,
which is no longer made but available on ebay for < $80 usually.
They don't really qualify as digital recorders, though.

-Carl

>So the best thing out there is the Sony MZ-R50 minidisc recorder,
>which is no longer made but available on ebay for < $80 usually.
>They don't really qualify as digital recorders, though.

Another option is your PocketPC, but again, you'll go over $500
unless you already own one, and probably even then...

http://www.core-sound.com/HighResRecorderNews.html

-Carl