I think Radio Shack also makes a similar mic to that sony stereo mic. (I didn't notice the fine print :rolleyes: )

Believe it or not, I actually got some pretty good recordings of my old band by using an SM57 that was placed about 7 feet in the air facing the center of the room. It was plugged into some cheap tape recorder, but once we got in on the computer and added a little eq, the recording's really didn't turn out all that bad concidering things. It was a great tool for helping us structure our songs.