Best CDR ?

one thing I forgat to mention about the Marantz which was a pleasnat surprise was the quality of the AD converters. VERY acceptable sound with a good input. also not a bad sounding cd player in its own right. can be had for under 1K used.

I really appreciate all the input. I guess I need to go do my homework now. I will let you know which one I end up with. Thanks again everyone.

The Pioneer W-739 CD recorder produces copies that are as good as the originals. It is easy to use, and very versatile. What more do you want? Or are you high-end snobs scared to death of the words "consumer grade"? Have any of you actually tried them? The only downside I can see is that I can't use the CHEAP CD-R blanks. Ramstl and I have been here before-- so no offence Ramstl. By the way, I have an all Levinson digital front end and CD-R copies from the Pioneer sound great with it-- do you guys have better front ends than that? Puzzled. Craig

No offence taken. That thread is a good reference regarding that debate.

I second (or 3rd) the vote for HHB. I own the 850 and am blown away by output quality. Just be careful to feed it quality media when recording; I'm only using HHB Silver media. I bought mine from Sweetwater Sound in Indiana, a premiere pro music shop (for musicians and recording industry), www.sweetwater.com. BTW, HHB stands fro Half Human Band; started as an early 80's techno duo (when that was in vogue), sucked at making music but were great at customizing, beefing up and improving other manufacturer's gear. So they dropped the band thing and went into equipment production (at least this is the history related to me). Again, very, very pleased with the 850. Best of luck.