Jim Lesurf wrote:
I am considering buying a small portable sound recorder, and would be
interested in suggestions/recommendations people may be able to make
that would suit the following requirements, etc.

The recorder will be used to record spoken word discussions, not
music. Hence it need not be of outstanding 'hi fi' quality, but I'd
obviously like good clear speech recordings to be possible. The main
idea is a recorder easy and convenient to use for making a record of
conversations with a minimum of fuss.


You have lots of options from dedicated digital recorder to MiniDisc and
various MP3 players. For overkill something like an Archos would suffice
but may not be rugged enough. Why not look at other MP3 recorders perhaps
something that plugs directly to a USB port they would be as rugged as you
could expect. Ebuyer have some and Richer Sounds have a couple at the
moment but I wouldn't expect Richer to be competitive on PC-ish products. I
have no experience of Minidisc.

Ask in a UK MP3 group for specific advice. HTH.