TEAC CDRW890 MKII-B CD Recorder with Remote (Black)

This is a GREAT CD Burner for Home Stereo use. And unfortunately becoming one of the few available of it's kind. In this class and for this price range. This is an exceptionally fine product that gives normally, a good 5 years plus of service under normal daily usage and maintenance. So if you have cassettes, vinyl, or basically any other format that you can plug into this, either as a stand-alone, or part of a Home Stereo or Surround System, this Teac recorder will fit the bill. And still at a very affordable price. The next option above this would be the Tascam. Both of which are good machines. This was purchased for my Dad, who after 2 Sony CD burners having played out on him ( which don't exist anymore) , now reordering his second Teac. Which proves by the way that the average life span of these machines have been around 5 years. Of either the Sony or Teac. I also might add I had a high dollar Harmon Kardon that lasted even less time than that. I now own the Tascam. The upper end. It's great, but not necessary. This Teac would have been plenty for me too. This is a good machine, and a good buy. I'd get one of these before they quit making them too.

Amazon had the best price, I checked around. I'm using it to record old record collection onto CD's, and eventually record off a mixing board for live recordings ( if you have a band :) ).. It performs with regular computer disc's (CD-R) and does just fine, no problems. Everything is real time, when recording analog record's, takes a bit of time. I had read that the computer via USB ported turntables, had thier share of problems,( loading programs, etc.) so I went with the Teac, glad I did. If you remember how to record with a cassette recorder, you can figure this unit out. Just hook it up like an old tape recorder, into a receiver or pre amp.. It plays CD's well for listening, too.. My only complaint,which is minor, is recording meters, are a bit confusing.They are not as accurate, as far as factory settings on incoming volume of source being recorded and they seem way below the peak area of regular meter's ranges, but I took incoming volume to highest record level, and it hardly ever peaks out and everything sounds fine. Nice job Teac and Amazon...

I have always had good experiences with TEAC devices, and the RW890 CD Recorder is no exception. It gives excellent reproduction, and is very easily operated. I especiallly like the "record" level control. This control, along with the audio meters lets me closely monitor the levels so that I can be a assured that all copies will have consistent playback volume. I use it to make a copy of the Master CD when I'm finished with a project from my Roland BR1600 Multichannel. My only objection, so far, is the fact there is no high speed dubbing to be found. However, for the price, and my particular needs, it fills the bill very nicely.Shipment arrived on schedule, and was very neatly and tightly packed so that no harm was done to the unit in any way. It arrived perfectly intact.I, for one, would certainly have no problem in reccomending this product to a friend

I ordered the TEAC CD-RW890 largely because it seems to be the only consumer-grade CD recorder left. Decades ago TEAC produced some of the finest, most rugged consumer and pro-sumer level reel-to-reel machines ever made (I have a TEAC deck which operates as well the day it was new and shows no signs of stopping after more than 30 years). Of course, as is sadly the case with most other Japanese manufacturers of quality audio equipment, the TEAC name has more recently appeared on some cheap, low grade items (what a shame so many once great names have been devalued by doing this). There are some pro-level units available, and in addition to somewhat greater flexibility and presumably better build quality they have the distinct advantage of being able to use standard CD-R's (as opposed to the Music CD-R's required by this unit). However, they cost about three times as much as this TEAC, which is a tad costly for my purposes. I like a component CD recorder versus recording to my PC because I find it less cumbersome to record FM concert broadcasts or digitize analog material (reel-to-reel tapes, cassettes and vinyl). Then, if the digitized materials need work, I can edit and de-click the resulting files on my PC. In any event, out of the box I was pleasantly surprised by the physical quality of the unit. It appears to use the same materials and build quality of components I've seen costing a great deal more. The display and action of the controls are also first rate. Thus far I've only used this unit to record some off-the-air concert material, so I haven't had the opportunity to use some of its features such as automatic track indexing. In any event, as far as my number one criterion goes, the recording quality of the unit is excellent, as with any good recorder, indistinguishable from the source. Also, the sound quality when playing back pre-recorded CD's is surprisingly high quality. I've observed one characteristic of recording with the unit that others have commented on, namely, that when recording from a fixed, line-level source, even with the recording volume set to maximum, peak levels don't get very near the "0 dB" level, but I've found this has not compromised the quality of recordings made on the unit. Another issue I have is the seemingly slow response time of the unit when reading newly-inserted discs and preparing a disc to record. It isn't in any hurry - but that, too is secondary to recording quality in my book. It's way too early for me to comment on the reliability of the unit - it may be far too optimistic of me to hope that it will live up to the track record of my 1970's TEAC recorder, but if it gives me at least a few years of good service, I'll be satisfied. At the price, it's a nice deal.