Regrettably, I've been away for a while, and this is my first chance since a
couple of days after my initial post to check back in. Just wanted to thank
everyone for their suggestions and for the interesting discussion.

I had heard of the Nak Dragon and its adjustable azimuth before, and had
even looked on Audiogon once or twice, saw one for $730 or so at the time.
(There's one for $610 now, which is getting tempting.) Given my budget,
though, and the desire to avoid overstepping it further if service was
needed, I think I'll be going with the 130. It has much better claimed
frequency response than the other Tascams at that price range, which I
suppose (or hope, at least) is a valid comparison within that one brand.
And it has pitch control. I'm willing to forgo the dual-well since, really,
the last thing I want to do at this point is create a bunch more tapes - the
idea is mostly to dispose of the ones I have, saving mostly the bootlegs,
local bands, my old bands, etc., that aren't available on CD, as well as a
select few others that, as I said, I want to keep but don't want to
re-purchase immediately. And Mr. Ross has assured me that it won't kill my
children, which is obviously the most important consideration of all, though
one that somehow escaped me when drawing up my initial criteria :-)

Thanks again for all the input and suggestions.

Ed