What are the best and simplest digital recorders available?

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About 3 weeks ago I bought a new Tascam Portastudio 414 mk 11 back in 2005.I love that thing.It the epitome of simplicity.Because I was having trouble buying cassettes I decided it was time to upgrade.I bought a Zoom R16.That turned out to be faulty.Returned that and bough a Tascam DP-03 digital recorder/inbuilt cd burner.Not easy.Its set up to do most things are difficult.Right now I'm tempted to sell it and buy something simple.All I want to do is record my own songs I've written then upload them to pc and burn to cd.I did that with all my 4 track recordings from cassette so they are not only on computer but I made cd copies.That was easy thanks to the 414.

Here's my question:
What is the simplest digital recorder out in the market that can handle 2 microphones and a stage piano? What brand are you using that you have found to be easy? If you have the Tascam DP03,are you happy with it?

Thanks.
 
Since you are transferring everything to the computer, why not skip the stand-alone recorder and get an audio interface with at least 3 inputs instead?
People rate the whole Zoom line of recorders as very good, but if you only need 3 simultaneous inputs, you don't need the R16.
 
Expensive: Joeco Blackbox
Cheaper: Allen & Heath ICE16

Cheers :)
 
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