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For recording our services, we began with using an iRiver T30 media player/recorder. We then moved to a Kingston K-PEX 100 Portable Media Player.
The primary requirements for our digital recorders are:
able to record an audio stream using a line-in jack
able to record an audio stream in a digital format such as MP3
able to transfer that audio stream to a separate computer
The secondary requirements for our digital recorders are:
be able to be plugged into a wall socket through a power adapter
able to record onto removable media, such as Compact Flash or Secure Digital Compact Flash cards
The Kingston K-PEX 100 supports all primary, and mostly meets the secondary requirements.
Note: the K-PEX 100 recharges through the USB port, so you will
need a power adapter that has a USB plug. (The K-PEX 100 comes with a full-size
USB jack to mini-USB plug adapter.)
Note 2: When connected to the USB port (for charging), the K-PEX 100 cannot be used for anything else.
Note: the KPEX 100 isn't perfect, but for our purposes it is better than the iRiver. The two things that the KPEX 100 has that the iRiver doesn't are: it supports a miniSD card, and can be plugged in. The two things I don't like are:
It doesn't record directly to the miniSD card but instead to the internal memory. You then have to do a copy from the internal memory to the miniSD card. And eventually you have to clean out the internal memory.
It records into the proprietary WMA format rather than an open format.
You cannot leave it plugged in to a power outlet at all times, but need to unplug the USB charger while recording or doing anything else.
The iRiver T30 supports all of the primary requirements, but not the secondary requirements.