Bytes, bits, and CD-itis

[The Green Hornet]

Hello all of your venerable fellow music enthusiasts:

Question:

I know about the Masterlink.

I know about the Yam CDR.

I am looking at a Philips CDR 770 which sells for under 400 Pezutos:

Is the Philips product a good unit? I know it will accept about any input analog/digital; but, how good is controlling the input? If I can make a good CD mixed from my mini-disc, I wouldn't mind saving a few hundred Pezutos.

Your evaluations and salutations and expectations are appreciated.

Green Hornet

[bvaleria]

I use the Masterlink... it's amazing... sounds very very good - easy to use... only down-side are some interface issues (regarding data entry), but they're minor...

Bruce Valeriani
Blue Bear Sound

[virtual.ray]

Only thing about the Phillips (and the Pioneer for that matter) is that it implements SCMS,a new record industry disease that prevents digital copies being made from a CD,even one containing your own music! If you up the ante a little,you can get the Tascam CDRW-700 on which the SCMS can be defeated.

[drstawl]

Now that the TASCAM CDRW-5000 has been supplanted by the newer models look for this bad boy for under $5 billskis. I'll bet you can get a floor model for $400.

[The Green Hornet]

Yo QuickDrawstl:

I heard that the 5000 was defective and recalled by Tascam?

Maybe I'm mixed up; maybe it was a different box. But, I'm still looking and evaluating.

Talked to Gateway and they do a PC designed for doing CD's with a hi-quality sound card. Just doing research at the moment but I'd like to get into CD's because it's such a good sound.

Green Hornet

[virtual.ray]

On their BBS,Tascam in a rare moment of manufacturer honesty,reveals that the mechanism of the 5000 is from TEAC,their consumer brand.The CDRW-700 and 2000 have completely new,Tascam built mechanisms.