Yo Tikark:
Good information. I imagine many items will come down in price due to the ecomony and the competition.
I'm remastering some old takes from my other recorders into the 2816 and just running out the stereo outs, analog, into cassette tape. Of course, any noise is better noise! However, the musical audio results have been worth the price of the unit. It's at the CD level. It's faster to do tape than a CD but when I get enough stuff on the hard drive, I'll do a CD. It's like one at a time to do the CD -- but, that's the unit.
I'll bet some better stuff will be available soon as the chips get stronger and the insides lighter. Pretty soon, just speak into the unit and tell it what you want to do and, Voila, it's done.
Green Hornet [doesn't spell too cool backwards]