Hello, I have an accessible Minidisc recorder--it may very well be the MZ-B100. It's an MZ-B something. <grin> Anyway, I use it when I need stereo recordings. But my digital recorder does use solid-state. It is not expandable, and it can't record in stereo. But it's great for when I have things read for me. Transfers are much faster than real-time. It currently can transfer the files as .wavs. I then use CDex to convert them to mp3 if I need to do that. I saw this recorder (Sony ICD-P28) on amazon for US $88 or something clost to that.
It also has a build-in speaker. Still, the MZ-B100 has more features, including stereo recording, and I think you will enjoy it. I just wanted to point out that there are affordable recorders that will let someone transfer files to the computer faster than real time. Angie _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]