A vote for the Edirol R09, which I've used very successfully for all kinds of jobs. It doubles as a playback machine for interval music &c at gigs but then so do other types, I assume.
Sometimes, just for old times sake (and because I have a large stock of cassettes), I use a Marantz CP430 cassette machine for recording and the R09 can give it a run for its money. Which is what you'd expect.