CD Recorders

[struth]

I've got an old Dell Inspiron sitting by the hifi, too, for the odd occasion I need it. It is/was good for ripping discs to transfer them to the NAS. This week I decided to update the OS from Vista (no support from Microsoft) to Windows 8Pro. It took ages with all the updates, including updating to 8.1, only for it to "forget" how to do drag and drop within the first hour of use ! The internet has been no help in fixing it. I think I'm going to have to go through the install process again.
My advice ? Persevere with the CD recorder !

sounds like a registry error. There was a fix for this i think ..... something like using escape button with the left click

[Arkless Electronics]

I can recommend a Yamaha CDR-HD1500. Mine has proven very good over several years so far (it'll die tomorrow now of course!). It has Analogue to digital converter for recording via the analogue inputs (on phono sockets, useful for recording from the radio, cassettes, vinyl etc), a hard drive, so you can record to that and then burn to disc later... or play back straight from hard drive, and of course a DAC function which works nicely to use it as the DAC for playback from my PC. There's coaxial, optical and analogue inputs in total... can't recall how many are replicated as outputs and it ain't easy to get round the back for a butchers!

[Johnny nocash]

Thanks again Grant. I have disabled a lot of the processors and indeed YouTube replay has improved no dropouts but there are still some funny noises going off. Problem is I've probably disabled the whole bloody laptop!

I agree Martin, and you know how you can help me in the quest

[struth]

go to the Sounds and Audio devices in Control Panel and disable or tick none in sounds option(thats the noises the pc makes. playback will still be ok. you can also access it sometimes from double clicking on the speaker icon at bottom right if its showing.
Glad its running smoother.. just ake sure you dont disable any windows processes. 3rd party software is fine to go in general. often security programs can cause trouble , so its finding a happy medium with security and usability.

[Johnny nocash]

I can recommend a Yamaha CDR-HD1500. Mine has proven very good over several years so far (it'll die tomorrow now of course!). It has Analogue to digital converter for recording via the analogue inputs (on phono sockets, useful for recording from the radio, cassettes, vinyl etc), a hard drive, so you can record to that and then burn to disc later... or play back straight from hard drive, and of course a DAC function which works nicely to use it as the DAC for playback from my PC. There's coaxial, optical and analogue inputs in total... can't recall how many are replicated as outputs and it ain't easy to get round the back for a butchers!

Don't worry Arkless, I've had a butchers on line & it looked bang on. Then I read that it only uses 'Audio only' cd's which as I said earlier aren't suitable in my Helios CD player

[struth]

I had a machine that only used those audio discs, and as you say, all my cd players wouldnt play them think I gave it away to someone I didnt like much

[Johnny nocash]

Thanks for the further help with the laptop Grant, appreciated.

With regards to the recorder, I've come to the conclusion that a HHB cd-r800 is the one for me. Despite being a tad old now, it uses standard discs, has optical in & out, has the stable platter mechanism and had a good rep.

If anyone has one or knows of anyone selling one please get in touch. In the meantime I've got a Pioneer 609 to move on! Cheers everyone.