[linux-audio-user] Advice needed: portable audio recorder?

[Paul Winkler]

> On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 15:54, October wrote:
> Neuros.  Built in mic - not too good but you can use a tiny battery
> powered mixer and decent mics via the line in.  It records in a number
> of mp3 resolutions or 16 bit wav up to 48KHz.  Supports ogg, mp3, flac,
> wav, wma, aac, ...  Uses USB2 to sync with Linux.  I use an app called
> Sorune.  With a 30GB hard drive it's about $250.

Wow, that looks nice.
I've been reasonably happy with my iRiver HP-120, but it doesn't do flac
and doesn't have the open-source community behind it.  It does record
mp3, wav, and it does play back ogg.  Digital I/O is a nice touch though
I've never used it. The UI sucks, though.

-PW