Any reccomendations for a CD burner?

I have a Pioneer PDR-W839. It`s a nice recorder with
a keyboard input for when you want to label a CD with
CD-Text.

Plextor make's excellent burners. The have some good features which audiophiles would be pleased with.

You may check out their site to get more informed about what they have to offer.

www.plextor.be

Alesis 9600, about $1000 with everything you need. Nothing else compares!

I too have the above mentioned Pioneer and it fine for the money.2 years now and no problems,Bob

A few things to consider:
- the analog to digital converter chip
- cd error correction and burn quality

The stand-alone unit would be simpler, but a computer allows for software processing the audio to remove unwanted noise. For a computer you would need a quality sound card (e.g. RME Audio or Lynx) and a better than average cd burner. For example, the Plextor Premium allows to specify the laser strength to create deeper pits when burning. One more thing, don't cheap out on cd blanks for the final recording. As you may know these scratch easily. I use MaxellPro. They use a triple-coated scratch resistant surface.

I have nothing to add for stand alone units. I don't have one.

-O