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I've read the posts right below, but today I was in MARS here in Miami and began looking as some of the Tascam CD Recorders and came across the Alesis Masterlink 9600. The list is $1700 and their price is now $989.99.I've not heard of this brand, but reading the brochure at dinner, it looks to be capable and somewhat well built. I guess that there is some question as to whether the DAC or ADC circuits are on par with other brands, but I really just want to get a decent burner for home use.
I have a nice TT (Kuzma Stabi w/Stogi Reference arm & Lydian B cart) and I want to copy some of my records onto vinyl. I also just purchased the little ART D I/O ADC/DAC so I figured I could bypass the regular MASS market Burner's ADC if I went that route. I also would like to make compilation CDS from my regular collection.
At the price above (intrest free for 7 months) and having a little ART D I/O and not minding the $1k price, is this something worth considering for my needs? I'm no pro, but I don't mind getting nicer things if they merit the charge and if they're well built/implemented.
Any other brands/models to consider?
Thanks, Chris Garrett
PS: my system is listed in the inmates area.
Follow Ups:
Chris,I don't usually hang out in ProAudio, but I wandered in when I realized my regular haunts (Vinyl and General) were closed for remodeling.
Anyway, I posted a question on General several months back about which stand-alone burners would be best for transferring vinyl to CD-R, and I think you were one of the few who responded.
I've done a lot of research since then, and like you, I soon decided that a pro unit would suit my needs the best (especially with the ability to use inexpensive media). After many exhaustive Internet searches and dozens of e-mails and phone calls, I narrowed in down to the HHB 830 and the Sony CDR-W33.
I finally decided on the Sony, based mainly on these considerations:
- Good word-of-mouth feedback on its reliability and compatibility with a wide range of CD-R and CD-RW formulations
- Excellent DSP features, including Super Bit-Mapping (which I use all the time with excellent results), parabolic EQ, and limiting/soft clipping.
- More housebroken appearance (the HHB's purple stands out like a sore thumb next to the rest of my home audio components).
Since I bought the Sony a few months ago, I've burned approximately two hundred CD-Rs and CD-RWs from several different brands. I have not had any problems whatsoever, and the sound quality is excellent, IMO. In fact, I am currently making a comparison CD-R with the same tracks recorded with two different phono cartridges. The sonic differences, though subtle, are clearly audible on the CD-R.
Of course, if you need features that the Sony doesn't deliver, you'll have to look elsewhere, but for recording vinyl to CD-R and CD-RW, I think the Sony is great.
Ken J.
I wasn't going to be really disappointed if the Mars place had actually been sold out. The fellow knew of HHB and thought very highly of them and they actually sold the Sonys, but I didn't look too deeply at their model number.The Sam Ash had the HHB 850s in stock for $800, so slightly less than I ultimately paid for my 9600. I've only read the manual, but if the darn thing doesn't crap out on me, it looks to be quite capable and extremely powerful, kind of like the Marantz RC5000 programable REMOTE, too smart for me!
Thanks for the comments, Chris
First,
To me it sounds like the masterlink would work great for what you are doing. Second that is a great price on a masterlink. Cost is $930 (although that might have changed since the alesis restructuring). Thee only thing I will recommend is to replace the hard drive. The old one works fine but only supports 5 ish hours of hard disk space. The unit will support a 30 gig drive which will give more like 40+ hours of space. You only need to use a 5400rpm drive since the drive is only doing 2 track. One could be bought for $65. It was a worthwile upgrade for me. Also, the Dio will work nicely.PS The AD side of the masterlink is pretty good. The art will be similar in quality bt have a different sound. Try them both to see which youll want to use on a given album.
Frost
What drive did you replace the original with??
Roughly the same price, but no HD inside. Some have suggested just getting a dual tray and keeping it simple?Thanks for anymore input....
Chris
The HHB is very good but the ability to edit, copy, and check how a cd will sound before burning is invaluable to me.
Frost
that MARs and SamAsh are both closing these out and they're getting tougher to find right now. I was in a Sam Ash yesterday and they didn't even have a floor model. They looked all over and some stores had them, but in damaged condition. With the company in Chapter 11, as I've read somewhere, this doesn't bode well and I agree that that HD is appealing, but that wasn't something I was needing going into this project. I can get the HHB in 5 minutes at the Sam Ash next door, as they have four of these in stock. I will call one more Mars and see, then maybe it's the Purple Dragon for me. LOLAppreciate the help, Chris
I found a NIB Masterlink at a new Mars down here and bought it Sunday. While the 7 month interest free deal was over, they did give me 10% off the $989.99 price and told me that Numark had, or is going to, purchase Alesis.Thanks, Chris
Never mind here, too. :-) Didn't read this post till after I uploaded the one above.Hope you like your Masterlink.
Ken J.
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