Yeah, I read about the microdrives in the creative players on slashdot earlier. I might "invest" in one of those and take my changes with the moving parts.
cheapest I've found for one that looks decent (the PMD, cause the Fostex is too far outside of my budget) is arround $650 depending on where you get it (I've seen 622 and 699).
With a 4gb microdrive, your getting 5.5hrs of recording, and the battery lasts about 6-7 hours per battery.
Although, its rather large, almost the size of my 12in ibook after looking at the specs... No (easy) stealthing with it (cursed Iriver and their poor ihp120).
But, that makes it just under $900 for a deck and media. If I wasnt a miser I could throw in a UA-5 for another $300 to replace my pre-amp and call it a day. ^_^
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