thanks a bunch, everyone, i really appreciate it. Looks like i am gonna go with the iRiver, purely because of size issues. If it was not 100 degrees all year in austin, then i could just put the JB3 in my hoodie or sweatshirt or something, but yeah, it just don't know if i will be able to comfortably jam one of those things into my pocket. So it looks like i am gonna go with...
CHURCH AUDIO STC-9000 CARDIOD MICROPHONES and PREAMP
iRiver iHP-120
seem like a pretty good starter setup?
If anyone has any links to good tips for beginner tapers, i would really appreciate it.
Like for example, where would be the best place to put these little mics when i am taping? attach them to a hat or something?
Also, when do you know to use the gain on the preamp, i am guessing the quieter the show, the more gain you use? And on like the iRiver, when i turn the gain on from the preamp, will it actually show the levels bars go up on the iRiver?
thanks!
oh yeah, also, i know that the Church-Audio preamp is not an A/D converter, what will the quality loss between just analog and digital in? Are there cheap external A/D converter, or are they all big and expensive? Should i just not even worry about it?