I have had the Masterlink for two years now and absolutely love it. I haven't used the CDR24 mode, just standard redbook. It has a 40 gig harddrive so I can record hours of my favorite radio station and then edit out a nice compilation for the car. On Mobile Fidelity gold CDR's, it sounds very, very good. I also make compilations from CD's as well to either listen on my main rig (the sound is better than the CD that I purchased) or in the car. While it doesn't burn to CD, you can burn an entire CD (at awesome quality) onto the HD and then render a copy. I'd say it takes less than an hour. It is a very versatile, great sounding piece of equipment. I got mine at Sam Ash for $800.