Have CD Recorders changed your listening habits?

They certainly have. I had put all of my purchased cd's in my computer in the mp3 format to "listen while I work". With Winamp using so little system resources I can do anything except video editing while listening to tunes. I purchased a burner for my computer for business purposes and figured I could make copies and therefore justify getting a cd player (with detatchable faceplate) for my vehicle and risk leaving the copies in the car. Converting the mp3's to audio cd provided a more than adequate listening experience while driving. At home listening is another story. I have come to the conclusion that if I were to archive my extensive vinyl collection in cd format the best results would be had with a stand alone cd recorder. My research reveals that it would be about the same cost as upgrading my sound card, etc. and would be much more convenient. Besides, it would be a major hassle moving my LP 12 back and forth. Performers need to be paid for their efforts but I resent copyright protection that prevents me from making copies for my own personal usage. It has been reported that Celine Deon's comeback cd crashes computers and Mac users report physical damage to their machines. This is, IMHO, an intentional malicious act by the recording labels since the courts have long held that we have a right to copy (for personal use) what we have paid for. Common ground will be difficult to find in these uncharted digital waters. I think I'm talking myself into staying with vinyl.....Patrick

The main reason I purchased a CD burner, Phillips 880, was to archive all of my liver Dead cassette tapes and various other bootlegs. Some of my tapes are over 12 years old and I thought it best to archivthem onto a more lasting and stable medium. The added benefit to this is that I am systematically listening to virtually every tape I own, a wonderful and nostalgic experience. When I bought my Nak D10 I thought it would be the last recording device I would ever buy and I was wrong. The convenience and reliability of CDR's beats cassette tapes hands down.

That should be live Dead, I hate liver!

Hi Doug; I had a TT for about 3 weeks a year ago and I did burn a couple of LPs to CD. I used the tape loop out(s) on my pre-aqmp as a source-- worked well. Of course I still ended up with "pops and ticks" on the CD;>)

As long as your CD player has digital out terminal(s) (preferrably coax, but Toslink would work), you can connect it directly to the CD burner, thus bypassing the CD players DAC. The CDR500 has just about every kind of input/output jacks you can imagine including XLR. If your CD player does not have digital out, you'd have to go through your preamp tape loop out to analog in on the CDR500.

But you really don't have to go through those kind of hassles to record CDs as the CDR500 is a "dubbing"-- two drawer CD recorder where the right drawer plays a CD and the left drawer records it-- very very easy to use.

Also, when the CDR500 "sees" a 44.1KHZ signal, it will bypass the built in Sample Rate Converter (SRC) for a more pure signal. Good Luck, and Cheers. Craig

I'm very tempted by this technology but will wait awhile -maybe they'll bring out a 24/192 or SACD/DVD-A recorder.