For over thirty years I have been an amateur voice recording archivist, compelled to record voices of family members, family history information, even reading entire books on tape for my mother when she lost her sight,  If only I would have had this little gem when these people were alive. — This is the third digital voice recorder I have owned, the other two failing me miserably.  It works as advertised, with no hissing of "S's" and placement of the mic controls puffing of "P's" and "B's".  Yes, you can add an external mic, even an over-the-head mic/earphone combination… read full review »