<p>as far as ipod recorders themselves, I have used the belkin and something put out by iVoicePro… both record fairly well (the iVoice Pro has a minispeaker that will allow you to hear your recording back, but I would suggest usinng it only to confirm that you recorded what you wanted to - the speaker playback sound is small and not of high quality…) That said, although both seem to advertise the fact that they can record lectures, the recorded sound seems to be pretty decent for music (when moved to a cd or played on decent speakers)… My D often uses her to record portions of her lesson - including favorite warm-ups… on the car stereo and at home the sound is great (and yes, that kid singing and doing vocal warmups in the car next to you is mine - but I’ll bet your kids are doing the same thing, right?)</p>