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Personally I'm fond of the modified Marantz PMD660 from Oade Brothers. At around $560 it's only $50-$100 more than the stock PMD660 and has much cleaner micpres. If you have the money to spend, the Sound Devices units are excellent. I'm not a fan of the Edirol, M-Audio or Zoom units for interviewing--my primary use--but they might work well for lecture recording purposes. Fostex has a new unit--I'm not sure if it's out yet--the FR2-LE, that specs wonderfully and will apparently list at $499. If it pans out, this will be the one to beat in the $500 range. I maintain a website dedicated to field audio equipment that might be of use to you: http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/res_audioequip.htm Best, andy > At 02:10 PM 2/22/2007, you wrote: >> It looks like I may be able to convince the powers that be where I >> work that I need to get a flash recorder. The archives wants to start >> recording lectures and presentations to preserve them and to make them >> available on our website. (Their initial test, which they conducted >> before consulting me, was to stick a handheld consumer brand MP3 >> recorder on the lecturer's podium. "It sounds just fine to me!" one >> person said. Sure, and while we're at it, let's take some pictures on >> a camera phone to accompany this high quality web content... Hi, I'm >> in snark mode...) I think I've made them see that in order to make >> things suitable for web delivery, we need to start with the highest >> quality possible since the quality will inevitably suffer once it's >> compressed down to streaming content or MP3 or the like. >> >> Anyway, I've never bought a flash recorder and was hoping for >> recommendations, particularly brands and models to look for and to >> avoid. (Ditto for dealers of the equipment, too.) What we get >> doesn't have to be top of the line, and right now we're only at the >> stage where my supervisor is asking me to find quotes, preferably >> cheap ones. But I'm well aware that you get what you pay for, so I >> don't want to get something worthless. I'd also like this recorder to >> be able to interface with the archives auditorium's existing PA >> system, assuming that there are the right ins and outs on both, so to >> speak. >> >> Comments and questions welcome here or off-list. Thanks! >> >> >> >> Trey Bunn >> Folklife Archivist >> Alabama Department of Archives and History >> Montgomery, AL > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Alec McLane > Scores & Recordings/ > World Music Archives Phone: (860) 685-3899 > Olin Library Fax: (860) 685-2661 > Wesleyan University mailto:[log in to unmask] > Middletown, CT 06459 http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/srhome/srdir.htm -- Andy Kolovos Archivist/Folklorist Vermont Folklife Center 3 Court Street ; P.O. Box 442 Middlebury, VT 05753 (802) 388-4964 [voice] (802) 388-1844 [fax] www.vermontfolklifecenter.org