Sounds good.

Manual inadequate. Somewhat confusing to use at first. Drawers flimsey.

I must warn anyone purchasing a CD recorder for recording their own material that you cannot make digital copies of your own copies. Apparently SCMS records data on the recorded disk does not examine the source material for a copyright bit but assumes all discs are copies of commercial discs. Therefore I cannot make digital copies of the discs I made for that purpose. This was the primary reason I purchased the deck. Can I assume the analog specs (2-20,050 Hz) will hold up under 4 X speed? Probably not. So in addition to not making digital copies of my own copies, I will have to do it at regular speed, thereby negating 2 of the primary reasons for my purchase.

This is probably true for all recorders, not just Common Hardons. Other than that it seems pretty good, The drawers should be more robust, as others have mentioned. I have had only 1 "coaster" and I suspect that was because I turned off the unit with a disc in the record drawer with, perhaps, the unit in record mode. Take the discs out before powering down.

You can record at least 50 tracks on a disc. 20 is only for programing.

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Records fast, simple to use, audio sounds great

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I have used this to record everything. CD to CD, MD to CD, Records to CD, Tapes to CD, etc. Never had a problem with the unit... not a one. What can I add other than this is a reliable unit, and superior to all other recorders that I have tried. I look forward to the CDR30 w/ the HDCD decoder and mp3 capability. If HK has put out a bad unit as some people have described then I must've got lucky because my unit works fantastic. I don't even like HK products, but I really thought this was a great CDR.

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