[GD-General] Good field recorder recommendations?

[Brian H. <bri...@py...>]

And now for something way out of left field -- I'm looking for a=
 
decent portable field recorder.  Back in the day, the DATMan was=
 the 
way to go, followed by the various MD recorders.  Unfortunately=
 data 
transfer had to be done either analog or through a SPDIF=
 connection, 
neither of which are particularly convenient in this day of USB 
mounting of remote devices.

Today it would seem obvious that solid state recording to CF, 
MemoryStick and the like is the way to go, but I'm amazed at how=
 
expensive some of these devices are -- over $1000 is fairly=
 common 
for a decent recorder that supports CF.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a decent field-recorder=
 -- 
reasonably portable, USB connectivity or removable storage of=
 some 
type, and which does standard WAV/AIFF 44.1/48 recording?  The=
 iPod 
and the various other MP3 recorders would be great, but most such=
 
devices don't have recording facilities or they automatically 
compress.

-Hook