After using this product for over 4 months, I have made at least 50 cd's.First of all, the sound seems identical to the original copy, which is not
surprising since this is digital copying. But somehow we're so used to analog
that we sometimes can't believe the copy is the same as the original.
I apparently did'nt hook up the recorder right to my yamaha receiver because
i can't copy tapes to cd. I've been busy enough just getting all my cd's copied
over that i put off checking out the back of the receiver.
Copying music is very easy. You can copy a whole cd(which i haven't done
yet) or copy 1 song at a time. This works great(although sometimes a little
tedious).Also, copying cd's from copied cd's, tho analog, still sound great.
One of the few complaints I have is the inability to start dubbing during
the middle of the track. Sometimes i want to cut out a long intro or something
but it wont let me do it. You can, however, stop the recording before the track
is finished, although it can't be phased out.

RUN,RUN, RUN to get one of these units. It is the best piece of recording equipment I have every had. It gives me more satisfaction than any other piece of audio equipment I've owned. It is easy to use and in combination with a good DBX expander and an equalizer I have made some dynamite copies of albums that have not been transferred commerically to CD.
It is the ultimate tool for audio creativity. I have had my unit since last November and it works flawlessly. Perfect sound quality.

Just great, great, great........

I have owned the Philips 765 since April of this year. As they are not available in Canada, I was required to purchase it in Florida. As for the 765.It has been an excellent performer.The direct digital recordings are perfect. The unit is easier to use than it looks. The only problem is when you record an album,the background noise makes auto recording impossible.The recorder thinks the surface noise is source material and won't auto/increment,the track numbers,as a result it will have to be done manually.One way to really enjoy your new hobby is to purchase a label package and produce your own c.d. labels, and as well the case inserts.NEATO is a great package. Overall a great machine,I have seen the future and it is the PHILIPS....765. R.M. SLUYTER.....SLUYTER@NBNET.NB.CA

Phillips cdr765 has made me a fan of there products. Yes, this cd recorder answers all questions about what to do with my records, tapes and cds alike. Great product and IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER!!! SUPERFLY likes there commercials too!!!!

Purchased this unit About A month ago. Excellent product once you figure out the manual (who writes these things?) I wanted the dual well so it would be recording CD to CD inside the machine instead of wondering which interconnect works best (you know the drill!)and its totally portable with use of headphones. You can scavenge your friends CD collections for stuff you wouldnt otherwise buy. Sometimes stuff grows on you and then you my buy the whole CD, so give it a rest Recording Companies! You may actually sell more not less. One thing to warn people who may want to buy a CDr, They say that discs will play in all CD players NOT! In my experince-- toshiba DVD pLayers NO, Pioneer Combi players YES, Old Phillips CD(1985) yes, Parasound CD Transport Will but has trouble tracking, Pioneer DVD 500 NO, Chrysler auto CD YES, Sony portables YES. So you should check out Your CD Plyers for compatability. Just because your plyer is new is no gurantee. MUCH FUN!

I recently purchased the Philips 765 and really enjoy it. I wanted the dual well so I could dub and still use my stereo for other things. Another reason is that Philips invented the CD.It also records CDRs and CD-RWs. This allows you to use one CD-RW to do all the mastering on (a must for vinyl!) If you make a mistake you can fix it. Once it meets you satisfaction, you dub it to a CDR and erase the CD-RW for use on your next "burn". The only thing I'm a bit disappointed with is the record level system...you are given four options that cannot be changed during recording...-3 decibels, 0 decibels, +3 decibels and +6 decibels. I'm used to an old Nakamichi 582 cassette deck for recording and like the "analog" volume control. It would be neat if you could fade in and out. On some of my out-of-print vinyl, there are some song endings that are noisy and it would be nice to have a continuous record level knob that goes down to no sound at all.It could also be used for live CDs where the track ends abruptly...you could fade in AND out! I found I can use my DBX and equilizer level controls to get the same effect but one knob would be so much nicer. . And so would a rumble filter for the analog mode to cut out the subsonic noise found on warped records. As far as quality goes, its great! I caution everyone to read the instruction manual twice before atempting to record. Dubbing is really easy but recording from an outside source is a little more dificult. Beware of CDs that are longer than the blanks! Santana's "Supernatural", for example. For vinyl, I usually can get two records on one disc with a song or two to spare. And I can play 'em back really loud without any threat of feedback or howling as may happen with some turntables. Another fun thing to do is make "cuts" CDs like FM sans commercials.
I've been having a great time making labels and CD covers on my computer. I've seen two types of CD labelers out there...Neato and CD Stomper. I bought the Stomper because of the tool it supplies that lets you center the label on the CD with perfection. However, the directions for using the program are very poorly written. The most frequently asked question on their FAQs page is "So how do you get it to work?"
I'm giving the 765 a 4 star rating because of the ease of dubbing and the sound quality one achieves that is identical to the source. I suspect most users will use it to dub CDs. Using it for recording vinyl or cassette is probably not it's most popular use but it does do a dandy job. Dandy? I meant phat.

relatively easy to use, especially to dub one CD completely

automatically inserts a gap between tracks, very big problem if you try to dub non-stop DJ mixes!

Good for consumers looking for an easy way to dub CDs, but it's terible if you want to dub DJ Mixes, since it adds a silent gap automatically between tracks when dubbing a full disc. Really stupid, obviously Philips engineers aren't dance music fans.

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Dual tray player/recorder is a good concept.

Pretty poor quality control by Phillips.

I've had my CDR 765 for 11 months now. It worked properly for less than two of those months. Within a month of buying the player, the left cd recorder side began to skip on various cd tracks and eventually started to shut down entirely in the middle of a cd. Of course this would ruin the recordable cd I was recording in the other tray. So I quit using the CDR 765 to record, but as a regular cd player it was pretty poor on features and it had a much harder (and lengthy) time reading cd's than my old Sony 801ES cd player. Plus, the whole purpose of buying it was to be able to record cd's so I certainly wasn't getting my money's worth out of the player. In any event, eventually the whole cd player began to simply shut down after fifteen to twenty minutes of playing (total power loss). At this point I had no option but to take it in for repairs (fortunately under warranty). Well a part had to be ordered so I didn't have it for six weeks. When it came back, it appeared to work fine for about a month, but soon the left tray began to quit playing again. I lived with the problem for months by only using the right tray which was working properly. I finally got around to taking the cd player back into the repair shop since the one year warranty was coming to an end soon. They ordered yet another part, and I haven't see the cd player for almost seven weeks. Not sure what the final outcome of this saga will be, but so far this Phillips cd recorder/player has been a big bust.

This unit is a GEM,I purchased it about 6mos ago and let me tell yah the recording never stops.I record, my friends recored, my family records etc..The only drawback for me is the non-present VOL.control for the headphones!

Submitted the last review too quickly (see review of 6/9/00). The repair shop called me that afternoon to let me know the CDR 765 was finally fixed. Picked the CDR 765 up and brought it home. Ended up taking it back to the repair shop the next morning since now the right tray would not open no matter what I did. Kinda defeats the convenience offered by a dual tray player/recorder. So I continue to be without a cd player/recorder. To Phillip's credit, they replaced the entire left tray and laser mechanism at no charge to me. For this they earn their one star (although there is no lower rating). However, since just about every part of the player continues to malfunction and this is the third time in the shop, I feel I need to let everyone who is considering buying a Phillip's recordable cd player that their cd player/recorders are capable of being an expensive piece of junk. Although every manufacturer can produce a lemon, there seems to be no end to the CDR's mechanical problems (with very little usage - I've only ever been able to record 5 discs in almost a year). I know that submitting two reviews on a product can unfairly(!) skew the overall product rating and I apologize for that. But the problems have not been solved and I'm sure that in the interim any Phillip's customers would want to know the good and the bad of what they're potentially buying into.