Teac AD-RW900-B CD Recorder and Auto Reverse Cassette Deck with USB

I wanted a CD recorder so I could put lots of my 8-track, vinyl LP and cassette tapes on CD. For the amount that I wanted to convert, I could have bought most of them already on CD cheaper than the cost of this machine, blank CD's, jewel cases and the time taken to do it. But, It is a lot more fun to me to do it myself. So far the Teac AD- RW900 has performed flawlessly. Yes, you do have to use blank CD's labeled for audio recording. Regular CD's will not work. They are easily found on line and at Amazon. You probably will not find them at Walmart or other like department stores. You will need a turntable and, or an 8-track player or deck to plug into the Teac if you want to copy LP's or 8-tracks. It has a dedicated input for turntables with magnetic cartridges. The Teac does have a cassette player and recorder built into it. It does not have an amplifier or speakers. If you want to hear what your recording or listening to,and YOU WILL want to, you have to use the Teac RCA output to plug into you home stereo or other amplifier input. You can also listen with earphones through the earphone jack that has its own volume control. I used a quality amplifier and speaker system designed for computers to plug into the earphone jack. I'm sure you can use any TV sound bar speaker system with a 3.5mm stereo plug into the Teac earphone jack. Some might call it an expensive toy, but aren't lots of things we buy, just an expensive toy. Some like to spend their money at casinos also. Me, I like to stay home and spend my money on this kind of stuff.

This machine is worth the money. I am converting a large collection of cassette tapes to digital formats, the options are great and the quality is far better than I was hoping for. My tapes are lightly used, and my CD copies are as clean as a new original CD. The recording process does involve several steps, but the manual makes it very clear. With so many recording input/output choices, you cannot expect to drop in a tape and push one button. I can hardly wait to digitize some great old vinyl albums, when I am done, I will have saved enough money by not re-buying all that music to pay for the AD-RW900.PS; You will need to use CDs that have the "for audio recording" rating, the plain "CD-R music" will not be written on by this recorder

I must say after owning this heap for 6 months, I don't know how this bears the name TEAC. It most certainly does not compare to any of the TEAC products I knew years ago. In fact, had it not been for Hurricane Sandy in 2012 I would still have my vintage equipment, from the early 80's. This product is already in need of repair as its issues are: 1. It will not read partially recorded CD'S that have not been finalized, so that if you want to scroll through and maybe try to add some more songs, you can't hear what's on there as it just freezes up and displays "CAN'T READ" . 2. It now has become fussy and will not play some MP3's, as it just stopped one day and the entire display screen went blank. The unit then did not respond to anything except the power switch. After a 15 minute shut down, I was able to use the machine (and I use that term loosely) again. 3. When I play factory CD's that have tracks that are connected together, an annoying and noticeable drop out is present when it advances to the next track, so the change over to the next track is not uninterrupted. The control buttons are horrible and function accurately only about 80% of the time. Not good when you are burning a CD as one second of miscue can ruin an otherwise perfect recording. I am not one to complain but after the terrible loss I suffered losing not only my stereo equipment and over half my record and tape collection, I am very, very disappointed in this machine that bears the name TEAC. And after owning a TEAC A-450 cassette deck and a TEAC A3300SX reel to reel deck, which were unbelievably reliable decks, I will never, ever, again consider buying any TEAC equipment of any kind. Oh and by the way, this is the second unit I got as I had to return the first one after 1 day. It would skip at the 10 second mark on the first song of every recorded CD. I think I am negative 2 for negative 2. I should have returned and just got a refund.