>>923177You know, I have a DR-40 and it's fantastic, the fact that the mics do XY and ORTF configurations is way more helpful than some people might think. It has XLR inputs as well but the preamps aren't spectacular so don't expect to be able to really crank the gain with those. The DR-40 DOESN'T have a 1/8" mic-in, it has two XLR/TRS combo jacks, so you'd need either an XLR mic or just get a 1/8" to 1/4" adapter which is easy enough.
The DR-40 also has a lot of handling noise, and †bh cheaper shotgun mics do too, but you get used to it. For ambient recording I would suggest getting yourself a little tripod so you can screw down your DR-05/DR-40/etc and walk away from it.
You know, if you're intersted I'm selling my DR-40 for a deal. It's in perfect working order, I've just upgraded to a better non-handheld recorder so the DR-40 is up fro grabs. Included is a Pelican case for it and a WindTech MM-51 windmuff which is pretty important too. Just a thought. Pic related.
>>923179Nice man. I could go on an on about it ;)