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Anyone out there own an Alesis Masterlink CD-R?

The June issue of Stereophile had a review of an interesting gadget to record CD's, the Alesis Masterlink 9600 CD-R recorder. Sadly, I have almost no intrinsic understanding of the theory of what this gadget will do, relative to the large array of sampling and bit options one can choose from. My interest in it is that it would allow one to record tracks of a vinyl record, or multiple records, at a high level of resolution, rearrange the order of them, add the track numbers and hit GO and it will put it all on a standard CD. Is there anything else that does this? I truely want the high-end virtues, as I understand them. Will a good computer program do the same thing with equally high resolution? Thanks Lance
lubachl
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onhwy61
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Ramstl, what is the basis of your claim that CDRs are "very unstable"? Just curious.
ramstl
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All the scientific data and studies that has been collected point to it having unstable archival qualities. No one uses it for archival storage! It is highly sensitive to U.V., humidity, and temp. Much more so than Data storage tape.

It seems that most people don't realize that you are burning into a chemical base substance that is a liquid not a solid.
mhubbard
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Yes, I have had an Alesis Masterlink for five months now, and its a great recording tool. Another poster above said he could only get about 30 mins. of recording on the hard drive? That is not the case, I can get almost four hours of 24/96 recording on the hard drive. I think what he meant to say was you can only get about 20 minutes of data on an 80 minute CDR at such high resolution.

I got my Masterlink on-line for 800.00 brand new!!! However since Stereophile has now alerted so many people to this componet, I fear that the price will climb.

I did a lot of research on all the different recorders on the market, and although the Masterlink is more recorder than I'll ever need, it was the best I could find.
mhubbard
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Ooop's it appears that I mis-read that posters comments on the 20 mins of recording time on the HD. I appologize for the error.

But I did think of something else that is very important to note. If you record at 24/96 you will only be able to listen to the recording on your masterlink. So don't be suprised when you try to play it in your car or anywhere else.

sorry again for the error!
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