The first Zoom I tried was a friend's original H4. I always did like the connectors, but it suffered from the same gain problems that the H2 did, and didn't have the timestamp feature (which, as much recording as I do, I find invaluable). So they H2 was my eventual purchase.

Now that these and many more features are part of the H4's specs, and that mikes AND line ins can be used simultaneously, seems like it's time to step up, again