dgbalfour

Thanks for all your help, it's much appreciated. I did consider the battery box route after initially finding this forum - I post a lot on car forums and it really winds me up when different people ask the same question time and time again without first doing the search! I decided against it from a complexity point of view as I also thought I would need a pre-amp, it's interesting to read this may not actually be the case. However, I have used a Mic input on an MD before, and the recording was exactly what I wanted. I will try and get myself a NH700 to replace the NH600, but I'll have a look at the Edirol R09 too now. My thanks again. David

I wish I had found this board sooner! My sister is a flautist and wants to record her concerts and practise sessions so she can listen to herself and improve. She is often accompanied by a piano and the environments can range from a bedroom to a church. I bought her a Sony ECM-MS907 mic on recommendation and have used it with a (borrowed) Net MD recorder (not sure of the model, but it had a Mic input) with good results. So I bought her a MZ-NH600 for Christmas. Unfortunately I was under the impression that the battery in the MS907 was for a pre-amp (since reading this board I now know it's not!) so the NH600 won't do - I need something with a Mic input rather than just a line in. I don't want to go down the route of battery boxes and pre-amps, partly due to the expense and partly due to the complexity. She will be getting her friends to use this at concerts, and using it herself at home - she doesn't want lots of bits of kit. So what MD recorder would you recommend? There are several available that have the Mic input, the NH700 being one of them. I want to keep the cost down (for now), would there be any advantages for her in going for the higher end models (NH900, NH1)? I want to stick with Hi-MD as it was a faff getting stuff off the Net MD. I am also considering non-MD formats, is there anything that records to MP3 (probably need 160kbps) or WAV that would do the same job as well or as simply? Many thanks for any advice, I'm afraid I'm new to this! David