It depends on what you want...
Written: Apr 09 '02
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Pros: High-quality direct CD recordings, flexibility, features, ease-of-use
Cons: Price, recording speed
The Bottom Line: I recommend it if you're looking for something to supplement or replace your tape player. If you always hated recording tapes, a PC CDR is more down your venue.
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| pablo_lie's Full Review: Philips CDR880 |
...I record CDs on both my PC and on this device. To me, it's for different applications - the PC does the quick and dirty mix thing far faster.
The Philips CD recorder mentality is more like... remember when you recorded tapes that meant something to you, spent an afternoon really listening to music and picking the songs? This is the recording philosophy here, only taken digital. Of course you can record entire CDs, but to me that misses the point, I've got this pretty much hard-set on individual track record.
The effects (fading in and out) are also, to me, far more intuitive to implement than with recording software, which is nifty if there's some long-winded song intro or outro you want to get rid of.
This CDR also supports direct optical input, which means there's no multiple (and potentially low quality, check your PC) D-A conversions. I have a very good audiophile stereo system, and most of the time I can't really tell or don't care about the potential sound quality difference.
It also supports several other input ports, among them a karaoke microphone so you can mix yourself into the song. Don't record CDs for your friends or lovers after drinking too much wine.
All in all, I do use it, I do enjoy it, and I think it a complementary device to the CDR on my PC.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 400
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