I'd like to buy a cd recorder . Please help.

While it's nothing fancy, i purchased a TDK "audio" burner from Best Buy a while back. I bought this based on TDK's reputation as making great "bang for the buck" puter based burners, although i'm sure it is built for them by someone other than the people that build the puter burners for them. It has served me well and was about $250 on sale.

While this unit is probably not nearly as high of quality as some other "audiophile approved" models, it didn't cost that much either. Given that i'm only using it to make duplicates for use in the car or to record concerts that are broadcast via FM or satellite, it was a great investment.

As a side note, "audio" burners WILL make copies of copies, which i've heard is sometimes hard to do with a puter based burner. Like anything else, i'm sure that there is a way around this, but you don't have to worry about that OR any of the other copy protection that is currently being used on commercial discs at all with an "audio" based burner. Disc's that have sent my puter CD system into a loop have burned just fine on the "audio" burner.

If i was interested in an "audiophile grade" burner, there's a specific Pioneer model that is rumoured to be VERY good. Can't remember the model and i think that it is discontinued, but if that was your desire, i'm sure that i could dig up the info for you. Sean
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Lngbruno: That's encouraging to hear that the TDK held up that well. I have a different model than what you do though as i think that mine is older than the one you mentioned. The model that i have is a DA-3826, which seems to work fine although it does do one weird thing.

If i leave it turned on for a looooong period of time sitting idle, the "playback" side of the two transports begins to spin the disc like it was trying to read it. The motor is WAY louder than normal when this happens, so it's not hard to tell that something goofy is going on. Even with that, i have no complaints about this unit at all. Sean
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