 Works great ... once you figure it out |
| Review Date: December 22, 2004 |
| Reviewer: Larry J. Commons, Arlington, TX USA |
Let me echo the other comments here and say that this is a great CD recorder. The user's manual, though, is awful -- Sony should be ashamed for putting out a manual that's confusing, skimpy and almost worthless.
REMEMBER: Buy CD-R MUSIC discs, not regular CD-R discs (they won't work -- as the manual not-so-clearly points out.)
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Outstanding
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| Review Date: December 22, 2005 |
| Reviewer: John Engstrom, Dublin, CA |
I previously owned an ONKYO CD recorder, which crapped out on me in about a year of frequent use (preceded by a year of very infrequent use). When it died, and Onkyo no longer made such a device, I bought this one. The ONLY trouble I've had with this unit is in recording CDs from CD-RWs using the high-speed dubbing. Simple solution, use the regular speed dubbing when recording from CD-RWs and, no problems.
I've never had a CD stuck in the unit. The manual, though not well written, is not as absurd as some.
My only fear is that this unit, and Music CD recorders, may become obsolete. |
Great CD recorder, decent CD player!
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| Review Date: April 6, 2006 |
| Reviewer: J. Nolan, Southern Plains |
| I'm in the process of burning all my vinyl albums to CD's, recording direct to the computer from my very expensive stereo system, wasn't working because CD's were not playing in all types of CD players. So I needed an "analog to analog" recorder, the Sony despite some of the reviews I've read has performed much better than I expected, in fact sound quality is every bit as good as the vinyl being recorded. Obviously not all of the vinyl records have come thru without it's share of clicks and giggles, but I have a KLH TNE/DNF devices that do a great job of reducing them. This is not a start it and forget it machine, fortunately I haven't listened to some of this music for years. The need to insert track markers can be annoying but if you let the machine do it, some albums you're gonna run into problems on. The absolute worsts thing is on CD-R's recording and you screw it up might as well throw it out (which could get expensive if you're not careful!). I've had great success with the Memorex 40X 700 MB 80 Min Music CD-R, once I discovered that they could be had at Walgreens of all places. It definitely gets tricky trying to get it to record on a regular CD-R so I don't even bother with that! The CD Player though good, I've heard better, but I rarely use it since I have a awesome one already. For those that consider buying this, I'd recommend that you disconnect the DBX from your system before recording as the expansion of the instruments and voices can easily put you into the clipping range. For those that have high end stereo's I've got the CD monitoring the source but recording thru the tape monitor/playback jacks of the pre-amp thru the KLH TNE (Transient Noise Eliminator) then thru the KLH DNF (Dynamic Noise Filter). My experience has been reversing this order causes more "noise" on any recording. |
MAGNIFICENT SONY CD RECORDER
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| Review Date: February 7, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Glenn J. Messina, NY United States |
| This is my second cd recorder and this sony unit is fantastic. One thing for sure is you must read the instruction book before using it. The unit has many features such as simul-sync in normal or high speed which allows you to place a cd in the left carrier and record it to a cd in the right record bay. It has features that allow you to record different sequences of songs between one and 5 cd's. However you may have a longer silence between songs if you transfer to another cd. It also allows you to place tracks into a cd without creating a moment of between track silence. This is a great feature, you can also adjust the sensitivity of silence duration if you want the recorder to self track a cd (ie recording an lp and walking away from the unit). My favorite is the 20 bit map I use it when recording from an old reel 2 reel tape, it makes the sound just increadible!With the push of a button. You should only use "music cd-r or rw" and try not to record for greater than 76 min, the format may jam if you go to the full 80. Buy this and forget about the rest its more than enough! |
Using this to replace a DAT recorder / Mastering.
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| Review Date: February 24, 2006 |
| Reviewer: David Carlin, Philadelphia, PA USA |
I bought this for mastering multi-track recordings to CD. The alternative would have been to invest 1000.00 for an Alesis CD Mastering recorder. This was an alternative of less than 300.00. I do agree with some that it appears that Quality control has gone down a bit at Sony, but my system appears to have been manufactured in January 2006 and it worked flawlessly. Perhaps Sony has taken care of some issues.
My only negative is that it does not have RCA digital input and output, only optical. (This can be remedied by getting an inexpensive converter from Optical to RCA digital)
The key to understanding this system is that it records to a worldwide standard. Once you have the recording in a standard uncompressed format, then load it onto a PC and convert to whatever you want. For the money you can't beat the dubbing capability, and the addition of a 5 disk loader. |
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