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CD Recorder Reviews and Ratings

The Best CD Recorders
Best Consumer Products.com has independently reviewed and rated the best CD recorders for our guide. If you plan to purchase, please let our best CD recorder reviews assist you.
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Sony CD Recorder RCDW500C
With a five-CD/dual-deck capacity and 4x dubbing speed, the Sony RCD-W500C does much more than merely play your favorite CDs--it lets you mix and burn your own. The device records on both CD-R and CD-RW formats, and is compatible with CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and MP3 playback. To improve the recording quality, the RCD-W500C uses Super Bit Mapping technology to reduce low-level noise in the background, and High Speed Finalizing to prepare your recorded CDs for playback. You can also enter your own title and track information using the CD text entry feature.
Sony packs in such additional features as 24-step program play, two-mode repeat play (track/disc), one-touch synchro-start recording (which minimizes the awkward gap between songs on recorded discs), and a full-featured remote control. The unit also delivers a 24-bit analog-to-digital/digital-to-analog converter, plus a headphone jack with a separate volume control for listening in private. The company ensures that its listeners receive the best possible sound by using gold-plated audio terminals for its digital input and output (optical) and analog input and output (RCA type) outlets. The RCD-W500C carries a two-year warranty on parts and labor.


TDK CD RecorderDA-9000 Jukebox Audio with 20 GB Hard Drive
Beneath its sleek industrial design and elegant finish, TDK's DA-9000 CD-RW recorder/HDD jukebox recorder houses a 20 GB hard drive, combining the best features of a high-performance CD recorder with a computer-based digital music storage and playback device.
The hard drive--upgradeable to 40 GB--gives you the ability to store all your MP3s for ready access and easy burning to music CD-R and CD-RW, and customizes your listening and your shared mixed discs with handy play lists. The 20 GB drive holds up to 30 audio CDs in their native 16-bit, 44.1 kHz PCM resolution, or over 4,000 MP3 files. Using its USB connection, you can transfer music into the DA-9000 from any PC, or rip songs directly to the hard drive from your existing audio CDs.
Once a song file is saved in the DA-9000's hard drive, you can access all song information from the internal CDDB database, recording individual songs to CD disc any time you want. The DA-9000's built-in MP3 encoder lets you convert music tracks to MP3 files in 128 kbps, 320 kbps, or at full CD quality.

The deck requires music CD-R and CD-RW discs for recording (computer data discs will not work), and includes a full complement of inputs and outputs to accommodate most music sources and connect to any home entertainment system. The recorder has no digital-audio input, however, so you won't be able to record files directly off minidiscs or perform direct CD-to-CD recording; files must come into the recorder through the stereo analog inputs, through USB, or from an audio or data CD.

The DA-9000 also offers intuitively configured recording and playback controls, an adjustable record-level control for both digital and analog recording, and track indexing for analog music recording. It uses premium-quality digital converters for exceptional resolution and dynamic range, precision drive mechanisms for stable operation, and internal components specially selected for the best sound quality.

The unit is fully compliant with the SCMS Serial Copy Management System, which limits digital copying to one generation.


Denon CD Recorder CDR-M30 CD-R/RW Recorder (Silver)
Micro-Size CD Recorder for High-Quality Digital Recording: The CD is probably the easiest way to listen to music wherever you go. Just about everyone has a CD player these days, so it would be wonderful if you could also record that high-quality digital sound onto CDs, not just play it back. On this CD, you could record only the music you want to listen, and play it in your car or on your portable player as well as at home. If you use a CD-RW disc, you can record on it as many times as you like. And of course, Denon makes sure the quality of the sound is no different from that of conventional CDs.