Will, good question. The component Sony carried by Guitar Center has audio inputs on the back, but no mike jacks that I know of. I suppose if you have a receiver or amplifier, you'd use the mike jack(s) on that unit, which would in turn be connected via the audio inputs. I don't know if the inputs are analog or digital.

All I really know is I've gotta have one. Or two (a minimini and a component mini), recorders both, not playback only.

--seed