Jerry, I've had my H4 since Oct. and have had very good experiences with it. I've recorded a workshop at NOMAD and several gigs with the thing and had excellent results using the built in mics. The data is easy to get into my computer using the card reader (or a USB cable), and I have made some decent CDs. I find it very simple to use, although the included software (CubaseLE) is definitely not intuitive. Download Audacity which is free and more user friendly. The H2 is interesting, but has less capability than the H4. I work at a music store and have access to a lot of what's available and am definitely sold on the H4 at this point FWIW.

Sandy Morse