TASCAM CD-RW900SL Slot-loading CD Recorder

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I had been looking for a CD Recorder that did not have the annoying 2 second pause between tracks. I have been through 4 Philips machines which are no longer on the market. This machine does what it says it does. After you are done recording you can hook up a keyboard and edit a table of contents on to the recorded disc. It also records on any blank CD. That is correct, you do not need to use CD R Music discs any longer. It is really easy to use and I made my first CD within 80 minutes of hooking it up. There aren't many options for available machines but this one is worth its' price tag. It also looks good in your rack.

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I bought one of these machines in U.K. where I live and -whilst it records and seems to do its job very wellI have a problem which Tascam U.K. has never heard of! I use Maxell XL-II-80 blank discs (audio-only; the gold ones) which I have been using for years on other machines (Yamaha & Sony)and they are generally very reliable with a very low failure-rate.

Well, with the Tascam I have had a failure rate of about 1 in 4...and the two problems which have arisen seem not to be addressed in the booklet:

1) The recorder is recording from another source and suddenly the message 'TR 2' appears bottom-right of the display. It then sometimes switches to 'TR 1' and back again...or any similar combination. Within about a minute the recorder stops recording as though I had pressed the stop button! This message is not listed in the booklet.

2) When on auto-tracking, I press 'REC' either on the recorder or on the remote, in order to add another track (like all CD recorders do). However, sometimes when I do this (only sometimes) the recorder stops recording; again, as though I had pressed the stop button!

I have had a replacement recorder but the second one acts in exactly the same manner; thus TWO faulty machines are unlikely.

Anyway, I spoke to an engineer at Tascam U.K. (for the third time in a week!) and he and his colleagues had never experienced either problem before. When we discussed blank discs, he said that the recorder was happier with DATA discs than with audio discs, although I can't see why that would be so.

So, I tried some Sony CD-r 'Supremas' 700MB discs (which I had bought by mistake some time ago and couldn't use on my previous Sony recorder) and they seem to work O.K. so far (6 tried).

The questions I am asking are:

Has anyone experienced similar messages or "record stop" as described above?

Why should data discs which are cheaper to buy be better on this machine than audio discs?

If data discs are indeed the ones to use, are they as good for recording (classical) music -with wide ranges of volume, tone, etcas specifically audio discs? And if that is the case, WHAT ARE THE BEST POSSIBLE DATA DISCS TO USE, or doesn't it matter?

Another small point is that, unlike previous machines, the Tascam doesn't seem to have an auto-shut off (say, after 30 seconds of silence). I like such a feature because I can leave the recorder transferring from an analogue source (like an HD recorder on which I have recorded an opera broadcast)and not get a huge wasted amount of now-unusable space at the end of the disc. Perhaps the Tascam DOES do this but the booklet is not telling me...

If anyone can help me with the above I would be very grateful it's frustrating when a perfectly brilliant machine like this is so choosy about its discs!

THANK YOU!!

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