Best quality digital recorder??

Ptss, are you looking to record TV thru your cable setup plus record DVDs? If so, most people use a hard drive such as this
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JQOQCD0/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_img?_encoding=UTF8&colid=29XG41GAZ363K&coliid=I2KW1M201467YR

This Panasonic is more versatile
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-DMR-EH69-Region-Recorder-110-240/dp/B0031WLDWS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1424879252&sr=8-2&keywords=Panasonic+DMR-EH75V[/url]

These are used for home entertainment and the media is stored on a 1 Terabyte hard drive. As others have said, to rip a CD, simply use your computer drive.

Thanks guys. Pardon my lack of knowledge but I've been under the impression ripping CD's was for quick,easy casual listening. For example I use ref MIT i/c's from CD to pre then amp and find a 'huge' diff in sound quality. I'm hoping to retain that.

What are you planning to record?

Maybe i'm not understanding, but you want to rent a CD and make a copy at home, yes? The process is to play the rental CD in your computer drive, use a ripping software, then insert a new audio CD and load the file from your computer onto that disk.

The quality is every bit as good as the original, in some cases better. If this is what you are after you would need some instruction and advice on the best ripping program.

"02-25-15: Ptss
Thanks guys. Pardon my lack of knowledge but I've been under the impression ripping CD's was for quick,easy casual listening."

If you rip a CD properly, it should be just as good as the original. Actually, if you use a recorder of some type, I would expect the results to sound different, in some way. I could only guess as to what the differences may be, but I'm pretty sure there will be some difference.

If you have access to a Windows PC, there are 2 programs that are considered to be the best. One is called EAC (Exact Audio Copy), and its free to download and use. Its also the more technical, and most difficult to set up, but there are a couple of excellent setup guide on the internet that walk you through the process, step by step. Once its set up, its easy to use. Then there's dbPoweramp, another excellent program. Its not too expensive, but its much easier to use (setup). And they do have a very good setup guide right on their web site.

As long as you have them set up properly, you can't go wrong with either of the above 2 options. And more important, you won't loose any quality during the process.