"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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Recorders like the Nomad Jukebox 3 and iRiver IHP-120 have a number of
high
quality inputs for recording, including line level inputs and optical
digital inputs. There's no lack of compatible hardware to use them with.

Interesting. I looked at the Nomad info on the Creative web site, and saw
nothing about recording, not much on the Iriver site either. I guess these
companies aren't really selling that aspect much. And some just say "voice
recorder", which doesn't sound like capable of quality live music capture.

You say line input and optical input. But no microphone input? So, it is
necessary to use a preamp? That takes away some of the convenience of using
such a product for such recording. The more devices that need to be hooked
together, more bulk in pocket, more complications, and of course more
expense. The MD recorder doesn't require a pre-amp.