Coolest Microphone on the Planet

The Sony PCM-D1 Protable Linear PCM Recorder is the ultimate portable microphone. (Or at least the coolest looking mic I have seen). I've been experimenting with pieces of found audio as samples for building electronic music tracks and the source material isn't crisp enough, I'd like to get better audio quality and this may be the ticket. Not cheap at $2000, but most great dedicated hardware isn't cheap. Any other suggestions?

Tags: design, music, technology