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Take a look at these:
Edirol R-09HR
http://www.audiolines.com/product.php?productid=16221
Zoom H2
http://www.audiolines.com/product.php?productid=18906
Either will do CD quality digital recording.
The Zoom H2 is the one everyone tells me to get, so I guess I should put an order in one of these days :)
btw: nobody sent me one for my birthday..which I share with the highest recorded winds ;)