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Any recommendations for particular CD recorder units? I'm looking for
a "pro" model that can record on standard CD rather than the
"consumer" models that only record on RIAA taxed CDs.

Since I already have another CD player, the recorder is only for
recording not for playback. It needs only a single tray. But it needs
to have a high quality A/D converter since some of my recording will
be from LP.

All CD recorders I know of have decent A/D converters. But some
of them have poor level indicators, at least my Philips CDR-770
and a Marantz of my friend (I don't know the model).

I would assume that all well engineered recorders using off the shelf
op amps for A/D converters are pretty much all the same in terms of
sound quality. Is there any reason for this NOT to be the case?

The Marantz CDR-631 came up in a quick search, looks pretty decent to
me. Any comments or other suggestions?

You may look for a TASCAM CD recorder. I was about to buy the CD-RW700
last sprint but then went for a hard disk recorder as I do (mostly)
live music recordings.

Do rack mountable chassis also have feet on them, so they can put on a
shelf like any normal component? Or MUST they be in a rack?

Rack mounts (usually) are detachable and can be operated on a table.
The CD-RW700 comes with both detachabel rack mounts and feet.

Some CD recorders (at least those made by Philips/Marantz) have a
record cancel function that allows to ignore a recording within the
first 3 seconds. This is quite usefull for recording LPs. In case
you miss the begin of a track you press stop on the recorder and
the contents of the buffer will not get written on the CD.

The CD-RW700 can start and stop recording by synchronizing to
a level that can be set. It has a rehearsal function to check the
setting of the level. However, a load pop between LP tracks may
start recording.

Norbert