How to put records on CD's?


A freind of mine called me and asked if I could put some albums on CD's. He has a guy at work that has some old big band records that he would like to play in his car(and I would love some new music). I hadn't even considered this before, but now my interest is peaking. I have a Music Hall MMF-5 with the Shure xmr15 cart. I do have a computer at home with a Cd burner. Can I make CD's with this equipment or do I need a realtime CD burner? Anyone had much luck with this?
jdodmead
You guys are reccomending a standalone burner and prefer Tascam. Why do you consider Tascam better than denon, Panny, Marantz, others?

Thanks much for the great input
I don't know about the other guys, but my experience is with a Philips CDR-880 and Pioneer Elite models PD-R05 and PD-R99. The Tascam is multi-bit and the others I tried were 1 bit (Bitstream) recorders. I personally feel multi-bit is more dynamic & detailed than single bit - no matter how many times it's oversampled. Single bit recorders (and players and DACs) all sound "soft", slow, and very uninvolving to me. Of course, that's just my opinion, and I could be wrong. :-)
Also, the Tascams are kinda "pro" machines and have some features that aren't on other decks. They also use a really good transport. They burn ANY CD-R or CD-RW media, not just CD-R Audio & CD-RW Audio discs. And SCMS if defeatable if wanted. OR, you can tag your CDs with SCMS in various forms (one generation, no copies, or unlimited) if you want.
All in all, the Tascams really are nice - no matter which model you choose.

Happy burnin'
Ed