Feature:
i guess i'm not comparing it to anything but it has everything that i would want to carry around with me. the thing is small and i like that. the inputs are exactly what i need although maybe a mini expression pedal &/or punch pedal would be usefull. even at full price i think it's a good value.

Quality:
mine was a demo unit at GC and it's got a booboo but the pots, sliders and buttons feel & work well. i'd prefer a metal case mainly because it's not heavy enough so a guitar cable can bring it down pretty easily.

Value:
i'd pay full price if i had to.

Desirability:
i honestly didn't know what it was but now that i have it i'd say, had i known, i would have wanted it pretty bad--i think this is something a person might "settle for" because you don't want to shell out for one of the larger all-in-one units but, depending on your skill level and what you really want to do with it, you might be satisfied with this for a long time.

Sound:
much better than expected. i wanted a small pedal (like alesis guitarfx) for practicing outside of my home studio and found a demo unit PXR4 for $149 so i thought "why not?" the sound from this little box is pretty sweet through small phones and competent through my M-audio Studiophile monitors. i have bass & guitar pods and i'm not going to throw them away but this has many play-able sounds for guitar and bass--again, much better than i was expecting. the presets are exceptionally playable--not the usual collection of looky-what-i-can-do crap you get from a lot of presets (digitech rp3.) the acoustic simulator is a pleasant surprise. the drum sounds are good enough and the patterns aren't bad maybe better than those on my SR-16. i haven't tried the mic for acoustics. i've only tried mid-quality recording and i'm not complaining. took me awhile to get comfortable with the gain structure but i think it's handled very well--pre & post peak metering is another bonus (no "clip" led, real meters.)

Overall:
i have a small DAW based studio and this won't replace it but it is so cool to be able to sit on the porch and get some very respectable sounds. i think the UI is an excellent blend of plug and play and deep editing.

As an original owner of a Zoom 9002,
once again who says that big sound
can't come from small packages.
The effects module is complete with
40 or so effects of which 8 can be
chained. But the strength of this
unit is Your ability to capture ideas at a
moments notice, play it back and not say to yourself
"that sounds gawdawful". The mixer I/O is a little
limited(needs an extra 1/4") and it should come with
SPDIF, but overall it is a wonderful device. In fact I own 2 of them.

Feature:
It has a lot of effects and all, which are cool but I doubt I'm really going to use the onboard effects sense I like to do the final mixdown on my PC. The reason I'm giving it a 7 is cause it would be great if it record two line-ins at a time; inside it does one. There's also no lo-z input, but I knew that when I bought it. I like the USB feature. It allows you to transfor all the tracks in .mp2 format onto your computer for backup, mixdowns, editting, ect... It can run on batterys and fit in the palm of your hand. It also has some preset drum tracks that are fun to jam with. You can setup a click track and all that stuff if you like to use that too...

Quality:
The highest it can record is 192 kbps 32 khz which a little bit of a downside. However, it's really not that noticable.

Value:
It seems to be made very well... it is very small.

Desirability:
Very cool for recording ideas and such, so I'd want one around for at least that. It would still be very nice if it could record two line-ins at the same time...

Sound:
The sound is very good for it's price range. I was really surprised on how well the interal mic worked. The interal mic is pretty good for recording acoustic seasons, ideas, live events, and jam seasons. Just remember sense it is a interal mac, you move the recorder, push any buttons or anything like that while it's recording it will endup in your recording.

Support:
Haven't messed with them

Overall:
It's a very cool machine it mess around with. Sounds good. It's small. It sucks that it has to use smart media cards, so plan on buying a better one than the 16 mb card it comes with. And your better off doing the final mixdown on the computer with a nice program like Pro Tools, or Cool Edit Pro or something along those lines. So if you don't know how to use any programs then you should learn it.

Feature:
tons of features for a portable recorder...drum tracks, tuners, built in microphone, USB output, 3 diffeerent recording qualities, need I say more...

Sound:
Great sound for a portable device. Its not the best and the mic is not as good as my condenser, but what built in mic is?

Overall:
If your on the road, this is the best portable recording device out there. Great feature, good quality, and just fun to use.

I walked in to the music store expecting a medium size mixer with a relatively "normal" footprint. I now own a full featured mixer with amazing quality and ease of use. Even though KORG had to multi some of the buttons, I was able to record within an hour and able to program effects in two. The Virtual Tracks will be useful in future works. For now, it is very userful for me as an overdubbing and composing tool with room for expansion. Wow.

For the price you can't expect any better. It works great and has served me already to lay down a few tracks. For the most part it is easy to use and has most features a professional would expect for quick recording. In some cases the menu is a bit confusing and requires more clicking and navigating then one would like to do. I am still discovering new things on it. (smile)
The internal microphone works fine. However, I use the Shure SM57LC and Behringer MX602A and get a bit better results.
Overall a great unit and well worth its money.

Quality:
Just don't drop it.

Desirability:
You can even use it to record back tracks to cary allong with you to gigs.

Sound:
Great little recorder and easy to use

Overall:
I will probably keep this unit for a long time . The next recorder I get will be an 8 or 10 track with a built in cd burner. The most difficult part is trying to convert mp2 tracks into mp3 and burn to cd. A stand allone cd burner would be a plus.

My wife got me one for Christmas and it is incredible. I still can not believe everything this little thing can do. You can not go wrong with this thing. Built in drum machine, bass simulator (use front pickup), and a ton of effects and amp/cabinet models. It has it all. Highly recommended.

It's a step up, for me.It beats working off 4-track cassette players.PXR4's got it all.... built in mic, guitar & bass effects,amp/cab models. Edit & Mix capabilites, rhythm tracks. You can mix directly to cd or tape. 128mb's a must!