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Marantz Professional CDR-500?

Whats the deal with the Marantz Professional CDR-500?
says that it records on CDR/CD-RW and computer CD's intended for CD burners used with desktop PC's. How is this possible, and are you able to use these computer CD's in other CD players for playback? The unit looks pretty nice and it has some nice features. I'm looking for responses from others who have seen this thing or have any hands on experience using one.

Thanks.
mhubbard

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garfish
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A "consumer grade" CD recorder can ONLY use special watermarked (encoded) CD blanks that are labled "consumer audio recordable CD", ie these recorders are designed to read the watermarking, and won't record unless they "see" the watermarking. This was done to prevent massive copying in the digital domain.

Also, the consumer grade recorders will not make a digital copy of a digital copy. Whereas a professional CD recorder can use regular CD blanks, and CAN make a digital copy of a digital copy. The "pro" recorders are more expensive, but not that much more. Craig
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