<p>For a long time, albeit several years ago, my D was a huge fan of the iRiver mp3 which has a built-in recording device. In my opinion, the iRiver offered better sound quality than the early generation iPods and according to my D, the recording device was crisp, clear and easy-to-use. The problem with iRiver at the time, however, was that the units didn’t last very long and iRiver customer service/support was virtually non-existent. Still, I’m glad to know that iRiver is still around, because if an MT or voice student was to purchase and use the iRiver device just for recording, it might be a great option for recording lessons, accompaniment music, warm-ups, etc. The problem we always encountered was with down-loading new music (device would irreparably freeze-up), but again, this was several years ago and hopefully, the newer version of iRiver that AngieA’s daughter is using no longer has these problems.</p>