Note: The following gear listing is hopelessly out of date and I don't foresee updating it any time soon, if ever. I'll leave the list up, for now, for illustrative purposes.There are a whole slew of hard drive and solid state recorders available. Which you select depends on your needs. Most tapers want a recorder that supports both analog and digital inputs - analog for when they first start out, digital for when they add an outboard ADC to their gear. While quite a few recorders support analog-in recording, very few support digital-in recording. See the highl-level table below for details on each recorder.
For a bit more info on each, check out
this post outlining each recorder's capability in supporting the following functions: mic power, gain, ADC, storage.
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* KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY *
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* RECORDING FORMAT *
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* ANA = via analog line/mic-in R = Record in this format *
* DIG = via digital input P = Playback in this format *
* MIC = via internal mic WAV = PCM WAV, 16-bit unless noted *
* FM = via FM tuner MP3 = Various bit-rates *
* IMA = IMA ADPCM mono format *
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RECORDING | FORMAT | DEVICE |
DIG | ANA | MIC | FM | WAV | MP3 | IMA | NAME | COMMENTS
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| X | X | | R,P | R,P | | Edirol R1 | 24-bit, 44.1kHz only
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X | X | X | | R,P | | | Edirol R4 | 16/24-bit, 4ch, resamples digi-in
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X | X | X | | R,P | R,P | | M-Audio MicroTrack 2496 | DIG up to 48kHz only; 30v phantom
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| X | X | | R,P | R,P | | Marantz PMD-660 | 16-bit
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X | X | X | | R,P | R,P | | Marantz PMD-670 | 16-bit
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X | X | X | | R,P | R,P | | Marantz PMD-671 | 16/24-bit
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X | X | | | R,P | | | Fostex FR-2 | 16/24-bit
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X | X | | | R,P | R,P | | Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox 3 | Reliable digi-in
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| | | | P | P | | Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox 2 |
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| X | | | | R,P | | Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox C |
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| X | | | R,P | R,P | | Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox | Recs small files (~15min ea)
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| X | | | | R,P | | Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox 20GB |
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| X | | | R,P | R,P | | Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox Zen | Uknown ANA rec reliability
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| | | | P | P | | Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox Zen NX |
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| | | | P | P | | Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra |
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| | | | P | P | | Creative Labs Zen Micro |
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| | | | | P | | Creative Labs MuVo Micro N200 |
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| | | | P | P | | Creative Labs Zen Portable Media Center |
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| | | X | P | P | R,P | Creative Labs MuVo2 FM |
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| | X | X | | P | R,P | Creative Labs MuVo TX FM |
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| | | | P | P | | Creative Labs Nomad MuVo2 |
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| | | | | P | | Creative Labs Nomad MuVo2 X-Trainer |
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| | X | | | P | R,P | Creative Labs Nomad MuVo TX |
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| | | | | P | | Creative Labs MuVo Slim |
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| | | | P | P | | Creative Labs Zen Touch |
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| | X | | | P | R,P | Creative Labs Nomad MuVo NX |
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| | | | | P | | Creative Labs Nomad MuVo |
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| | | | | P | | Creative Labs Nomad II |
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| | | | | P | | Creative Labs Nomad IIC |
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| X | X | | R,P | R,P | | Neuros HDnnGB | Uknown ANA rec reliability
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| X | X | | R,P | R,P | | Neuros II HDnnGB | Uknown ANA rec reliability
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X | X | X | X | R,P | R,P | | Archos GMini 120 | DIG rec introduces artifacts
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X | X | X | X | R,P | R,P | | Archos GMini 220 | DIG rec introduces artifacts
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| X | X | X | R,P | | | Archos GMini 400 | Uknown ANA rec reliability
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| | | | P | P | | Archos GMini XS200 |
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| X | X | X | | R,P | | IRiver H10 |
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X | X | X | | R,P | R,P | | IRiver HP100 | Uknown DIG/ANA rec reliability
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X | X | X | | R,P | R,P | | IRiver HP120 | Uknown DIG/ANA rec reliability
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X | X | X | | R,P | R,P | | IRiver HP140 | Uknown DIG/ANA rec reliability
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| X | X | X | | R,P | | IRiver H10 | Uknown ANA rec reliability
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| X | X | X | | R,P | | IRiver H320 |
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| X | X | X | | R,P | | IRiver H340 |
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| X | | | R,P | R,P | | Denon F20R |
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