Just poking around again for affordable alternatives, and stumbled on this one:
http://www.emicrophones.com/microphones/prod_details.asp?prodID=097 Anybody had any experience with it? Or the more expensive ClearMic USB? http://www.globalmedia.com/index.php?dest=store&gmenu=5&a=audio&c=&d=GM040005U&smenu=2 (I have a vague recollection of some mention of the ClearMic USB, but my search of my archives didn't turn up anything ...) -randy