Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

After reading the horror story reviews for the "Sony RCDW500C Compact Disc Player / Recorder" I was very nervous about purchasing The Teac cd recorder. Especially since I was going to buy it before hearing about anyone else's opinion. I'm glad I took the plunge. This unit is doing everything, and more than, I hoped. I was making my first recording off an lp in about 5 minutes after hooking the unit up. Most of the procedure was intuitive. The quick guide sheet got me 90% of the way towards making my first cd. Reading the manual completed the task. The quick guide sheet left out one little but important step; Defining where the music was coming from. The unit can record from an analog (record player, audio tape, etc.) or digital device (cd player). I had to define that before I could make my 1st recording. The quick guide sheet doesn't mention that. I had to read the manual to get that info. Other than that one minor flaw the unit works great. I was impressed with the unit's ability to automatically begin the recording as soon as it senses the music. It had trouble recognizing when one track ended and the next begins but you can do that manually by clicking the record button each time you want to define a new track. Oh yeah, one other fantastic thing about the unit. After 5 seconds of silence the unit stops recording. That means that if you forget you're copying an lp the unit won't end up recording 30 minutes of nothing. If you're looking to save all your old vinyl records before that technology is gone forever than this is the unit you want to buy. Thank you TEAC! You've given me exactly what I was looking for.