TEAC CD-RW880 CD Recorder with Remote
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Manufacturer: TeacBrand: Teac
Edition: Electronics
Format: CD
Model: CD-RW880
Publisher: Teac
Studio: Teac
Music Label: Teac
Product features:
- Program - repeat, shuffle, play
- Headphone Jack
- Inputs - 1 Analog Audio & 1 optical Digital Audio.
- Outputs - 1 Audio
- Unit Dimensions - 17.12 x 3.93 x 11.62
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Customer Review: So far, so good.
Summary: 4 Stars
One of the reasons I bought this CD recorder is because most of the more negative reviews of it seemed to be out of ignorance and since I'm young, apparently I'm "technically savvy." The other reason I bought it is it's about the only affordable CD recorder still on the market as most companies seem to have stopped making these for home use in the early 2000s; mine was manufactured in July 2009. The brand Teac was a turnoff at first as I remembered their overpriced but cheaply made "nostalgic" turntables I've seen in stores where you play a record on its flimsy plastic turntable and can record it to CD. Teac, along with Pioneer and Sony, were fantastic 30 years ago (and except for my other CD player, all of my stereo equipment is high end from the 70s and still going strong) but the quality and dependability of these brands has certainly gone down hill. Don't let that picture deter you though; this so far has been a fine recorder! I have quite a large collection of LP/45/78 records as well as reel to reel albums, many of which never have and never will be released on CD and putting them on CD myself is exactly what I wanted to do. So far so good; I've transferred one LP album and one reel to reel album. While I may have some "audiophile" equipment, my ear isn't good enough that I can be called one but still I haven't been able to detect any difference in sound between the original source recording and what the recorder has put on CD. Many other owners of this recorder seem to want to put the recording onto CD from the recorder and have that as their final copy. I don't think that would work for me. Once I finalize my disc I bring it over to my computer and rip the recordings in the WAVE format and do further editing such as removing pops and clicks from recordings taken off records, normalizing the volume of the recordings, and splicing tracks into one large recording. I find it much quicker than the alternative of lugging a turntable (and mine does have a built in preamp) or tape player over to the computer and sitting there for hours to do the transfer, to poorer results actually. With the CD recorder you can just hit record and leave it. Since I do editing at the computer, one feature I have not used and don't have much use for is where it automatically detects low volumes and automatically makes a new track on the CD during the recording. When you record from an analog source remember to keep an eye on the volume input so you don't go into the red. This was OK to do in the old tape days but not with digital recordings or else you'll get loud static that ruins the recordings. The default volume set at '0' seems to be fine so far (although is low on the final result) but I am glad the option to change it is there for sources which may be too loud or too quiet. The manual suggests to connect TAPE OUT on your receiver to the recorder's RCA input but as this might introduce unnecessary extra noise or static I always plug whatever device the source recording is coming from directly into the recorder. This probably won't be an option if you're recording from a turntable since most turntables do not have built in preamps like mine but will be fine with a tape or other CD player. As with most similar recorders you do have to buy the more expensive music blank CDs and not the generic ones used for everyday computer burning (although I have not tried to use a generic one). These are cheaper online; I bought 50 from J&R for $10 (which is also where I bought the recorder; seems they sell it on here but since I'm in Canada I had to buy it from their site). For me, CD-RWs would be better since I do the final editing on the computer and burn it from there but I have not been able to try recording with a CD-RW yet. As a CD player it works fine and I had no problems hooking it up with its analog outs to my 33 year old Pioneer SX-1050 receiver. The reason I took a star away is because I was quite upset to find it did not have an S/PDIF digital input so I could make use of the S/PDIF output on my turntable. I was really expecting this input to be here since virtually all other CD recorders I saw while deciding which one to buy had it. I'm also not happy that you need to `finalize' the disc before even being able to bring it over to the computer to rip the recordings off so if I have nothing else I really want to record I have to either waste the rest of the room on the disc and finalize it or just wait until I do have something else I want to record (as mentioned above, the way around this would be to use the more expensive music CD-RW blanks). However, I wouldn't think there'd be a way around doing this final step on any CD recorder. Recommended.
Description of TEAC CD-RW880 CD Recorder with Remote
Includes: remote control, 2 RCA cables, 1 optical digital cable, and 2 AA batteries. Teac CD Recorder - With this component CD recorder, you can easily create your own audio CDs using your existing stereo system. It's compatible with both CD-R and CD-RW media (designed for music components). Unit Weight - 10 lbs. Not compatible with CDR or CDRW intended for computer useA great way to store all your old records and cassette tapes to CD media, the TEAC CD-RW880 is compatible with recording and playing back CD-R/RW discs (but not discs with data, such as MP3 files). It features easy-to-operate controls on the unit as well as on the included remote, a center-mounted drive mechanism, and program/repeat/shuffle play selections. It has a stylish black cabinet that sits atop four shiny steel foot columns. It has one analog and one digital optical audio input, one analog audio output, and a single headphone jack with volume level control.
What's in the Box
CD player/recorder, remote control (with batteries), power cord, printed operating instructions
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