Portable recorders

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On Saturday 14 November 2009 10:12:56 Andrew Tarpinian wrote:
> Was looking at this guy - http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/H4N/
> - Zoom H4n Handy Recorder

I have used that fellow for recording voices (talking, not singing) for a 
radio show, and found the sound quality more than adequate. I haven't tried 
for percussion though. Wouldn't recording something akin to a kick drum be 
better with a special type of mike (ie with a large diaphragm) ?