TASCAM CD-RW900SL Slot-loading CD Recorder

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Just got it and love it. This is an extremely sturdy unit, built to last. Buttons, panels, inputs, slot loading: everything about it is durable.

Function seems to be great as well. The keyboard input and remote are great features and (as professional gear) it is free from SCMS (and of course the "Music CD"). The gain controls (record level setting) are essential for proper transfers from analog material and seem to be very sturdy as well. Separate knobs for each channel is a thoughtful approach and they have a nice feel. Input controls are typically the achilles heel of any recording equipment (eventually the rheostats get dirty and start making noise on the source when you move them, though we may be beyond that nowadays), so we'll see about that in a few years. I do hope they are as well made as the rest of it.

This is pro quality equipment and would be equally at home in a studio rack or in a high end system. It has 24 bit converters and the quality and ease of recording is great. While it will even play MP3's (though not sure why one would need it to), it has pitch control and will also do direct digital dubs.

Of course we can also put it in the rack in the home studio, but the bottom line for a lot of what I expect to be doing with it: If you want a CD recorder to make lossless transfers from legacy analog sources (cassettes, LP's, etc.) this is the equipment to get. It's worth paying a bit more than the pro-sumer products (and it's really not that much more here). I have Sony pro-sumer stuff in my stereo system and this machine is WAY more solid than any of that. Even the patch panel for inputs (in the back) is rock solid (far better than any home or pro-sumer equipment and even than most of the "pro" gear I've seen). Some other brand may some esoteric specs that are a little better or a reputation, but if it breaks down all the time it's not functional and if it costs twice as much (at this price point) you'd really have to find some feature you absolutely had to have that this one doesn't to make that worthwhile. They do make a model a step up from this that adds a few features, but I didn't really think it was anything I couldn't live without. This machine does cost twice as much as the bottom of the line consumer recorders but what they packed into it is more than worth that (much smaller) difference.

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The Tascam CD-RW900SL is just what the doctor ordered for us. We are small church that was still using cassette recording for our services and weren't sure how we would like making the change to CD recording, but the Tascam recorder made the transition easy and painless. It was easy to set up and the instructions that came with it were clear and user friendly. The recordings are crystal clear. I would recommend this model to anyone desiring to use CD recording.

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What a difference 1/2 price makes!! I bought the HHB Dual Disc Burner for over a Grand ($) and although it looks tight, the cd trays immediately turned me off, very very flimsy. Not a good first impression on a 'Professional' CD Recorder that lists for over $1000.

So I took a chance and popped for this Tascam and quite the opposite reaction, out of the box I was impressed with the look and feel of this unit. The buttons have a 'positive' feel to them unlike the HHB whose buttons felt loose and sloppy. And the Digital 'Syncro' start worked perfectly unlike the HHB DualBurn which for the life of me, could NOT get it to start recording when I started the Digital 'Source' master. So there you go, great features, not lacking any at all, heck even more than the hhb (Pitch control for one) and at less then half the price I paid....I love Amazon.com and the retailer I got this from......

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I wanted to get something that would approximate a reel to reel tape deck, but without all the hassles of maintenance issues, shedding tapes, finding tapes... This fits the bill nicely!

As many who get things like this, I wanted to archive my record albums, and create daily use CDs as well. I'm not concerned about de-clicking them, or otherwise processing them. After reading several posts about this unit, I decided to go for it. I got it from Amazon. It doesn't come with interconnect cables, but it does have a remote.

After allowing it to warm up, and reading the parts in the manual about how to record, I first popped an old CD into the player, and a blank CD into the Tascam. I decided to hook the Onkyo CD player directly to the Tascam using a TOSLINK optical connector. This allows them to communicate somewhat, and allows easy dubbing of CDs, albeit in real time. I used the Sync function to start it recording right when the CD started playing, which seems to have cut off the beginning of the first note of the first song. (I used it again later, and it seemed fine) Anyway, the levels went to the ragged edge of 0 db, but never into the red zone. Playback of the recorded disc was perfect. I was able to play it back on an old Panasonic portable player from 1993, and while it played fine, when skipping to different tracks, on a few tracks it seemed to take a lot of time going back and forth between reading the TOC and finding the track. In the end, it's probably pretty impressive that I was able to play it on a 20 year old CD portable player in the first place!

I then cued up another blank CD, and proceeded to record a few albums. I set the levels and proceeded to let it run. To my chagrin, there were a couple of places where the levels went into the red for just a split second! Of course, that's all it takes on a digital deck, and so I resigned myself to having to hear it on playback. Wonder of wonders? No distortion! And the levels on playback only went to 0 db at those points where I saw it go into the red! This may mean that the meters are calibrated a bit on the low side, though I cannot say for sure. However, I do know that next time, I'm going to keep the levels a little bit lower. Anyway, rather than use the automatic track function, I decided to just insert each track break manually by hitting the record button between tracks. That works excellently! Of course, the playback was as clean as the source.

In the end, if you're looking for a simple and effective way to make recordings, I don't think you could do better than the Tascam CD-RW900SL. It's exactly what I was looking for! I feel like I've gone back almost 40 years ago, to when I first got my reel to reel. Later today, I plan on running to the store to get a small pack of CD-RW discs. Using these are just like using tapes, for all intents and purposes. I plan on using them to do the direct recording from the source, which allows me to re-record anything that gets botched. Then, once the recording is finalized, I'll then use it as a master, to transfer the recording to a good quality CD-R. I can then erase the master, and reuse it for subsequent recordings. With a 5-pack, I figure it should last me quite a while, if not years! With about 1,000 re-write cycles for each disc, I should be able to get around 5,000 recordings out of them. In over 40 years, I'm pretty sure I haven't approached even 200 recordings of anything! The 5-pack should do me well.

So, do you want the equivalent of a no hassle, reel to reel tape deck? Try one of these. The romance of spinning reels may be lost, but danged if you won't have the near equivalent of a 15 i.p.s deck for well south of $400!

The Tascam 900SL is a great professional CD recorder for your studio. I was forced to buy this unit after my Alesis Master Link Hi resolution mastering CD recorder broke down... again .... altho the Tascam doesn't have all the features of a mastering CD recorder it does a great job of capturing my recording effortlessly. two major qualities I like in the 900SL are the ability to use a pc keyboard to access all the functions of the 900SL. you never really have to touch the unit itself. the other is the Slot Loading of the disc. its about time someone implemented this great idea into a unit. you never have to worry about breaking the CD tray again. its a great looking unit. I just don't care for the illumination color or clarity of the face. the bright gold color matches nothing in my studio and its kind of blurry because they use a cheap plastic cover instead of glass. which would make this unit look way more professional instead of looking like a home stereo unit. for the price you would think Tascam would use all aluminum and glass to enhance the new 900SL. above all that its a great recorder and does its job with ease.I give the 900SL a 7 out of 10 for looks and a 8 for functionality. ill be moving the 900SL to the home stereo rack after the Masterlink is repaired. there really isn't a unit out than can stand up to the Masterlink recorders features and flexibility. get it together Tascam!