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Your cart is empty.The TEAC CD-RW890 records to CD-R or CD-RW media and is well suited for dubbing or event recording. Record from the analog inputs while monitoring the level on the front-panel vacuum fluorescent display. Compact discs are clamped onto a center-mounted drive mechanism for minimal vibration, reducing jitter distortion for clearer sound.
Of course the CD-RW890 also functions as a full-featured CD player, with multiple playback modes and a S/PDIF optical output. It includes a wireless remote control and a rack-mounting kit is optionally available. There's no more affordable CD recording than from the industry leader, TEAC's CD-RW890.
Wayne
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2021
Instructions for recording are difficult to master at first but otherwise a great recorder/player.
Alan Gibbins
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2021
It replaces my 30 year old Philips CD850 that had started to stutter. The recording instructions take a while to get your head around but both playback and recording are very high quality. No problems so far with a variety of old CDR & CDRW discs. Highly recommended.
don nicholls
Reviewed in Canada on December 27, 2019
Highly recommended
Don Coyote
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2018
Once used to an odd idiosyncrasy here and there this turns out to be a really useful piece of kit. Bought to replace an old Panasonic which died when the laser went on the fritz, the TEAC is a noticeably better player, clearer and with more authority. Is this a product of age or quality - who knows - who cares - but its a big win. The recording capability is excellent when recording from vinyl even the scratches unfortunately but this proves how accurate the recording is. The annoying bit - set record levels correctly and every time any adjustment is made it has to be reset again from scratch. I am, however, very happy to own this piece of kit.
MRH
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2015
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.
Darren Finlayson
Reviewed in Canada on October 21, 2014
I have used the recorder a few times and it seems to work good.The recordings sound as good as the originals as long as thevolume isn't adjusted while it is recording. I would like to advise those that are thinking about purchasing a recorder like this one that you will also need to have extraaudio cables and speakers if you want to hear what you are recording.
russell l. adams
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2013
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...
Marvin D. Martian
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2012
First let me say that I love my Maxell cassette tapes and my record player to death! Having to convert my precious tapes to CD's really pains me because the technology is so user friendly! If you make a mistake you can rewind and do it over on the same tape. With blank CD's you have to throw away the whole CD and start all over again AND all CD-RW's don't play on all systems! Having said that this unit here is a nice replacement for my Philips CDR-770 which went dead on me! I had bought it in the 90's and it was a nice unit and made good CD's BUT towards the end it got picky about what blank CD's I could use. I could use a Philips,Maxell, or Memorex but in the end it would only burn on Sony Music CD's before it just stop recording all together. So far I have used Maxell and Sony Music CD's with no problems, GREAT! The pros on this unit is that if I play a cassette with out stopping the unit it will go to another track if it's set at the right SVL level which in my case is -30, if the music on the tape was recording from a CD, if you have a bit of silence between records BUT it can put songs that were recorded from a record on the same track which you will need to look out for. It's not an issue with me because I have 12 hundred plus tapes and don't have a lifetime to stop and start for each track! Another PRO is that it finalizes almost in seconds unlike my Philips which took almost 5 minutes AND you don't have to put 3 seconds of silence between each song like the Philips, so the industry improved on that. The CON on this unit so far is that you have to reset the volume every time the unit stops or is paused! That was the good thing on my Philips it kept that setting even after the unit was turned off. Another thing that bothers me is that is they put the "TIME" button on the remote and not the unit itself, so in order to check how much time you have left on the CD you have to have the remote handy. Otherwise it suits its purpose and I'm happy to have it!
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