I got the AHD a couple weeks ago. I like the video - the audio is unusable, however. I couldn't even talk while using it, it clipped my voice. Clipping and static were horrible. So, I ripped the microphone out. I also ripped the audio-in port out of an old voice recorder, and soldered it into this camcorder. I'm using a cheap walmart mic in this test video. This was a quick video I just shot to test it. I'm playing the radio on my laptop fairly loud. The mic is right next to the lens. I start farther away, and towards the end of the video, I have the microphone directly over the speaker. I'll get a better test up tomorrow, hopefully with a better microphone. Notice, no clipping, minimal static. Booyah!