2xspeed make-cd, digital/optical input, 2 trays for internal recording, good quality

no optical out, slow and noisy loading, crude trays and remote

This is my first CDR. I have owned it less than 1 month.
My CDP (Harmann/Gardon 7500) is so old to malfunction sometimes on specific tracks of some music CDs. I had a mind to replace it with new CDP and finally make up mind to buy CDP + Recorder. Of course, I believe CDR allows me to save money to spend on POP CDs. (as you know most of them have a few title good to listen) Furthermore I have a CDP in my car. I like to listen my favorite songs when driving.
When I test burn and listened various types of music on CD-RW packed in orignal box, what I could feel was WAU!!, really good, better than I expected.
As some reviewers mentioned, cd tray is too flimsy, remote so clumsy. Foront function buttons below display window are too small to handle.
It is a great toy to spend some money for fun.

This is a follow up review of my prior review about a month ago. By the way, it IS possible to make digital copies of CD-R's (contrary to reviews I've seen on other sites)

Freezes up during recording when unit gets hot, insecure power cord connection (its not built in...uses the same type of adaptor a boom box uses. Move it one inch and it keeps popping out, very annoying), overall cheap build quality (weighs about one pound! very flimsy trays, etc)

This is a follow up review, as I mentioned. I had this unit for a couple weeks and ended up returning it. It malfunctioned when it got hot, it kept freezing up and you have to unplug it to get it to work again. (The unit runs VERY hot, by the way, even hotter than my receiver!) When the player froze it would just say "update" in the display and then not do anything. So I bought a spool of 30 memorex cd-rs and burned as much as i could before i returned it! Seemed to freeze up once every 2 or 3 discs. I dont know, it seems to me that this technology is still not perfected for mass production. It really is a cool machine but I'm going to wait a couple years to get one until they perfect the technology.

Oh, and you CAN make digital copies of cdrs on this unit. I pieced together my own Beach Boys SMiLE album, along with a CD of my own demos and made several perfect digital copies of each.

I could have exchanged this for a brand new unit (I bought mine open box) but I would have had to fork over another 60 bucks, which i was NOT prepared to do after already spending 400! So if you must have it now, go for it. I would strongly urge you to wait a while until the technology improves. Every model line I have researched has bugs (Pioneer, HK, JVC, etc). Philips seemed to have the least complaints but I did have problems with this thing. So in the words of Mike Brady, "Caveat Emptor!"

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the manual, but who really needs one?

This is Great!!! I can archive LPs and Reel-to-reel's on CDs!!!! Anyone remember reel-to-reel machines? haha!!! Also you can compile CDs. It is easy to do!!! Good sound quality!! BUY IT!!!