Well, the industry has had almost a year to improve since this thread was last active. There's a Sony ICDUX70 Digital Voice Recorder (with MP3 Stereo Recording and Playback) that has been singing its siren song to me, but I'm concerned about sound quality because I want it mostly for music - particularly to help me learn my parts for choir.
Anybody familier with this model?
Can anybody recommend anything better?

-Joe-