Dear LLTIers, A Japanese instructor has requested that our language center purchase a Karaoke system. She likes the ones that display text as well as play music and provide the microphone input for the rising vocal stars. <grin> I'm sure this system would be used for/by other languages as well. Does anyone have recommendations for a unit that is portable but also of decent quality? I've seen them ranging from under $100 to several thousand, but we are clearly looking for something in between. I know very little about this technology, so any and all pointers on hosting Karaoke are welcome, including appropriate snacks to serve... David Pankratz Loyola University Chicago *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************