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Quality CD Recorder with Analog inputs,suggestion

I have an older Marantz CD Recorder which after making many copies is now on its last legs. I have been satisfied with the results and am now looking for a replacement machine.

I like recording live broadcasts of Artists on programs such as , Saturday Night Live, Leno, Letterman, other special broadcasts, etc.
Usually, I will copy these to DVD and then to CD.

I make CD compliations for the car and I also copy my LP's so I need a machine that can copy analog signal's to CD.

A dual well machine is not necessary.

Sound quality is important . I have seen reference to CDR recorders like Tascam RA DV 1000, Marantz CDR 631 and Denon 550 R.
Is there opinions of these units or any other suggestions?

Note: Home computer copying is not preferred due to placement of the equipment.
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clio09
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With the Alesis you can copy to the HD then burn a disc. You can play the 24/96 recordings on DVD players, assuming they play CDRs.

Jkaway - the Alesis has a lot of feature functions, including parametric EQ, and can be used to mix/master recordings.
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ozzy OP
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Cleo99, I have a Denon DVD, a 5910 and a 3910 modified by APL. I play CDR is them all the time.
So, will the recorded CDR's from the Alesis play in the DVD with 24/96 playback?
clio09
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Unless I'm mistaken about the source of the 24/96 recording made for me by TRL that played fine on my North Star/Monarchy M24 set-up (which supported 24/96), I don't see why not. To verify, here is a link to the Alesis manual:

http://www.alesis.com/downloads/manuals/MasterLink_Manual.pdf

You may also want to call Paul Weitzel at Tube Research Labs or Alesis support and verify with them. I sense this is a deal breaker for you so it may be worth the additional due diligence.
joemt
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CD24's are not playable on my universal players.
These are actually cd-roms which contain aiff data
files ( 16/20/24 bit 44/48/88/96 khz ). You can
play them on the Masterlink or computer/daw, but they
are not set up file structure wise to be played as
DVD's.

I have taken the CD24 files and then "Authored" them
with menus and pictures to DVD on my computer but then
again you will need "authoring" software to make them
DVD ( video or audio ) complient.

I could be mistaken but they don't play on my players
which do support DVD-A and V.

Joe T.
bondmanp
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I have owned the Marantz CDR-632 for over a year. While not as feature-rich as the Alesis, it costs less, and to my ears, makes recordings from analog sources that are identical to the original. Being a "pro-sumer" model, it uses both music and data CD-R/RWs, and the headphone section (with volume control) actually sounds pretty good, IMHO. No hiccups so far, and I use it at least three times a week to digitize analog sources. Best with Taiyo-Yuden media.
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