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difference between CD recorder and PC burner

Has anybody had the chance to compare CDs created with a decent CD recorder and those created with a CD-R with a good sound card on a PC. At some point I will be replacing my Nak cassette deck with either a CD recorder or a CD-R on my computer. If I get a CD recorder, it will have to be a dual well recorder since I don't want to have a CD player and a CD recorder - I like things simple. The other alternative is just buying a better CD player and then buying a CD-R and a good sound card. Whenever I want to record I could just run a cable from the tape out of my receiver over to the sound card of the computer. I will most likely be recording more LPs than CDs, so whichever method I choose should have a good ADC on board. I don't need absolute high end sound (that's why I have scaled down to my Fisher 400 tubed receiver) but I don't want crap either. The CDs would be played only in the car which has a pretty decent sound system (although cassette based at the moment). I would appreciate hearing comments from anybody that has experience with both choices.

Mike
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sogood51
2,157 posts
 
Cost is less on a pc per disc and gives better quality control over recording. You can get software for pc that will let you have input as to the final quality and there is plenty of free info on the web.
kthomas
911 posts
 
You can make bit-perfect copies on your PC without the sound card being a factor at all if you config your copier correctly. Some will tell you that the quality of the CDR and/or the duping speed will affect sound quality.
dogeatpuppy
96 posts
 
i found that if you like to make compilation disc's(single tracks from numerous albums) as i, a cd recorder will do a better job, i directly hook my cdp,tape,or tt(pre amp) to the recorder and burn at a 1:1 ratio, it far exceeds my dell pc for burning discs, most single well cdr's have the same recording features as a cassette recorder.
like you, i didn't want another cdp in the rig, but, i found a single well is much better for my purpose, i just slip it in on burning day................
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