joan.
excuse me if i offer a word of caution.
by the day i'm getting more cautious of a lot of new gear on the market.
cos lots of it uses custom circuitry. and smt.
not easily fixed.
so personally i stay away from big screen tv's, and lots of other stuff
that uses custom circuitry. .
(various of my relations have had probs with the new tv's getting fixed
sometimes for example. )
i dont worry as much if its cheap , for example my line6 toneport i was given as a present ..
for 50 buks. but i'm talkin expensive stuff.
reason being that as product obsolescence is so rampant these days..
the issue of future service if the product goes wrong arises.
for example i was burnt a couple of years back on an expensive studio item
that i was assured i would be able to get service on,.
well guess what ?? 2 yrs down the road i was told internal chips had changed.
so i had a doorstop on my hands.
thus i would suggest before buying anything expensive to really really ensure 4 yrs down the road if a problem occurs that the zoom or anything else can be fixed.

i dont count normal pc's in the above comments cos parts are cheap.
this is why i prefer pc's to to stand alone digital recorders for example.
that zoom sure looks nice, but the lingering feeling in my mind is ...
what about future service ??
another good example of being carefull is control surfaces with flying faders.
many musicians like to use em for their daw's.
nope..not for me...future service question again.


in summary joan, take a likkle advice from someone who has been burnt
(who should know better...lol.) ask bout future service on an expensive item.
cos its easy to get caught up in the razamatazz of the moment.
one reason i prefer pc's to macs is , if a mac goes down i gotta send off to applecare.
studio kaput while waiting for its return.
whereas pc , i whip round the corner to my local pc parts bloke and have the
thing up n running again in half an hour.
god bless.

retired puter engr....powertracks on amd......NICE !
"what is the black art of audio engineering ?"
my silly songs...motagator.com/bmanning
see my tips in the tips section.