I remember we were recently discussing field recording, and someone mentioned they were waiting for the Edirol R-09. Noticed an announcement on Harmony Central that it's shipping. http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2006/Edirol-R-09-Ships.html I was pleasantly surprised to see the R-09 has an external mic input, as I thought it was mentioned that it had only a built-in mic. Several places online (Sweetwater, Sam Ash, etc.) in a fast Google search, list it at $399 US. best, Steve B http://www.subscapeannex.com/