I have one and trust me for the bucks this is a keeper in my books.I use to carry my big CD burner from the studio to the road to recorded my band live and just got tired of doing that so got the Tascam and was happy that i did. CD quality recording, Tascam you are the best.

I just picked up the DR-07 for capturing practices, lectures, off-site field recording and pretty much anything else that wasn't worth hauling along my portable studio.

Overall, I'm very pleased; the mics are accurate and sound great, the interface is easy to navigate and intuitive (I had to hit the manual for a couple issues), and the performance has been excellent for my purposes. My recorder came with a 2GB card (rather than 1GB) and recording to wav at 24bit offers around 3 hours of use - the recordings themselves are very well-defined and accurate.

My only issue so far has been the housing for the unit itself: the record button is already showing a bit of "user-wear" after only a few weeks, but the functionality is in no way affected. Still, I suspect it is not the kind of device that you want to just throw into a kit bag; it would probably get a beat-up look pretty quickly.

I compared this to the Alesis ProTrack to use with the iPod. I was a bit disappointed to give up the XLR inputs that the ProTrack feature, but not having to rely on the presence of the iPod has been a benefit. I've already encountered a couple of "spontaneous sessions" where my iPod was sitting in my car - thankfully, I keep the DR07 in my kit bag (in a case).

I purposefully was staying in this price range as this is not my main recording medium. If I was willing to pay more, I probably would have been more inclined to go with the Olympus LS-10.

I bought the DR-07 on advice of my sound guy at our local music store, and he was right on. Find the sweet spot in the room where you can hear everything and turn it on. It picks up EVERYTHING with perfect clarity. Even the backup girls chatting in the background during a song. I've got the mic stand adapter, so the unit attaches directly to a stand for easy room placement. I use MP-3 mode to record the entire 2 hour practice, then send the practice home with the guys on a thumb drive. Or, record the practice/gig in WAV mode and cut out the BS between songs. I'd buy the AC adapter though. The AA batteries seem to last quite a while, but with the adapter I just "set it, and forget it". I recommend you buy one. Yesterday!

I was very disappointed when I put two new Energizer batteries, and attempted to record. The recording was so faint, there was no point in even keeping it.

I then read the manual,and it suggests setting the GAIN to high if recording isn't loud enough. This is unacceptable for a 200-dollar piece of gear. If I can't get a loud recording out of this I am sending it back not only due to the recording quality, but, it's very flimsy: doesn't power on, Record light is a solid on, and LED display varies each time I do a battery removal to power off. Don't but it.

Placing the Tascam DR-07 at one of the stereo outputs of your mixer will give you great results. If I were banking on the quality of the built-in mics, I would have given this product lower marks.

I love the fact that I can swap in/out SDHC cards as needed without having to plug into a computer to get the files. I also appreciate the range of recording formats (wav to multiple MP3 bit rates from which to choose).

I used 4 of these at a recent conference and each unit did an oustanding job. I plan on purchasing more of these.