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In alt.music.mp3.hardware wrote:
Hi, My organization is considering making recordings of
conferences/lectures that we do and one our people attend (Our main
thing is disseminating information relating to aquaculture). I am
trying to get them into it but since they barely have a concept of it
they aren't willing to put much money into it yet.

So. I am trying to track down an easy (I am the "techy-est" here,
kidna sad), cheap recording solution which I thought would be something
like a Mic and mp3 player/recorder (like some of iRiver's). But i

Iriver flash players, or indeed any other player with MP3 recording (PCM
recording may be less suitable) and line-in, combined with an external
microphone will give you a professional quality sound recording.
Expecting the internal mic to work well is perhaps a bit optimistic,
though it may be adequate to your needs.