Audio & A/V Capture Device Feedback

Guess I'll give that a shot, some of the tapes are off of My platform with a hand-held personal recorder, I tried a Sony & a Memorex. The Memorex gave better results sound-wise, both gave better when I found the right spot/angle to place them, I simply wanted to playback critique My performances.....but ending up catching a number of cool 'one&done' jams I'd really like to save/improve.