I really cannot wait to put this thing through it's paces next week at the PSIence fair conference on QM. I am really looking forward to it as I am thoroghly impressed with the sound quality of this recorder. I also love the "normalize" function, even if it does allow for some clipping from time to time. This feature will come in really handy in outdoor situations.

My only gripe so far is the cardioid patterns. I do understand their purpose, but I have found the only setting to accurately capture myself and the area in front of me is with the surround mode (2ch, and 4 ch when storage allows). The attenuation of audio outside of the 90/120 patterns is significant, moreso than I expected. Even with surround on, side attenuation is pretty noticeable. While this feature might be preferable in a music setting, I don't care for it with evp work. Still, this is only a minor annoyance, the audio is so superb. Another annoyance is the 2gb file size limit, even with larger cards. It will take a little while to find the perfect balance between record mode quality and storage usage.

Andy