Anyone here use a CD recorder ?

[IHP]

I heard a radio broadcast last night (Mingus at the Proms) that I simply have to own. The good old Beeb happen to be showing it on the TV at the weekend so I can record it onto the Tivo box for now. Which brings me to the above question. I could go the way of the CD recording or even, wait for it........the cassette deck ! The latter seem to be as cheap as chips used. Any views please ? This is something I've been mulling over for a little while, the radio is such a wonderful source of live performances.

Cheers.

[Andy831]

Colin (Mullardman) across on PFM uses one I think, Maybe call in and ask him that question.

[Landloper]

I heard a radio broadcast last night (Mingus at the Proms) that I simply have to own. The good old Beeb happen to be showing it on the TV at the weekend so I can record it onto the Tivo box for now. Which brings me to the above question. I could go the way of the CD recording or even, wait for it........the cassette deck ! The latter seem to be as cheap as chips used. Any views please ? This is something I've been mulling over for a little while, the radio is such a wonderful source of live performances.

Cheers.

I used to do a great deal of radio recording using cassette, then MD and a CD recorder. Some of the recordings i still listen to are live ones and remain far superior to any CD release of the same works I have come across since.

What mattered to me was:

1] The length of the broadcast. MD was best for works exceeding CDR capacity. MD was by far the easiest to edit as well.
2] FM or DAB? For the former I'd use CDR the latter MD.
3] I got good results from cassette, but editing was a long-winded affair. I recently transferred the last of my tape recordings to computer.
4] I have used computer to record through an audio interface. Again editing is easy.

Other things to consider:

Signal strength and stability.
Broadcast compression rate.


I principally used a Yamaha KX580 SE, a Sony MDS JB940, and as Pioneer PDR 609. Decent cassette decks go pretty cheap nowadays, CD Recorders such as the Pioneer can often be had for under £100, the MD recorders are a bit more costly.

[Light Dependant Resistor]

Hi Ian
I mainly use the Yamaha CDRHD1500 these are a audio purpose CD ripper with an internal IDE type hard disk.
Their editing ability is similar to MD, and they have both coax Toslink and analog inputs that would suit FM.

A good percentage of radio stations also stream on the internet which might be OK for recording on a computer.
then again a good tuner is hard to beat.

[walpurgis]

I could never go back to cassette. I always found the sound quality fell short for me. I have no objection to using a CD recorder, but I've never tried one. No need, as I still have my faithful Pioneer MJ-D707 MiniDisc deck should I need to record anything. It's a joy to use and sounds amazingly good.

[Andy831]

Geoff are Recordable minidiscs still available?

Edit Google was my friend.......

[walpurgis]

Plenty on ebay.

[struth]

got loads lying about. you can still get them and there are differences i think. sure there are ie longer ones

[walpurgis]

Still got a couple of Sharp personal player/recorders as well, MD-MT80 and MD-MT88. I found these sound better than any of the Sony's I tried. They make decent recordings, sound great with small Sennheiser phones and you can plug them into the Hi-Fi. But the Pioneer deck is the best tool (can't cart it about though ).

[Barry]

I have one somewhere. Think it's a Pioneer. Bought it for £50 with a load of CDRs.

The intention was to transfer some LPs to CDs for friends, but the operating instructions just looked too laborious and complicated, so I gave up!