At last Friday's NINA workshop, speaker Curt Chandler recommended the Olympus WS-100 as a digital voice recorder for journalists. It typically sells for $60 to $80 at most electronics retailers. But, Overstock.com sells a reconditioned model for $46.99. Unfortunately they're out of stock right now, but it's worth checking back. The advantage there, Curt said, is that an engineer has hand-checked the unit to be sure everything is working.
Here are a bunch of other places to find the WS-100. The newer model is the WS-110, which is basically the same and usually runs about $70.
I use a WS-100 and can recommend it. The sound quality, even from the condenser microphone, is really good. It plugs directly into a USB port and you can transfer all recordings as Windows Media files. Other models do this via a USB cable, which works fine provided you don't lose the cable.
These recorders do work with Macs. You can use a free conversion program like Switch to turn the files into MP3s. Here's another place to get that.
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I have two WS-100s, one that I bought new and one that I bought reconditioned from Amazon. They both are fantastic! A tip - I use the high quality option to record. It does cut down on your recording time and space but the quality is so much better!
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