GREAT PERFORMANCE, EASY TO USE, ADDITONAL FEATURES

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I have been using this deck for a year now and find it to be an excellent piece of audio gear. Variable record level and fader features are nice touch not found on some models as is the headphone jack with volume control.

Haven't had any problem playing recorded CD's in the car and on several other players. (nor have my clients)

I use the deck in a recording studio patched directly into a refrence amplifier, no pre-amp. Sound of recorded CD's is indistinguishable from the original source.

While Pioneer is not regarded by some to be a high end line, (this is first Pioneer product I have purchsed since I was in high school 20 years ago!) I have to think this deck would stack up nicely against the stuffy, more expensive brands.

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Superb reproduction using digital coaxial or optical connections. Extremely easy to use.

Using digital coaxial connection, occasionally stops recording mid-track, ruining the CD. Also, occasional popping sounds occur when recording from both coaxial and optical connections.

Apart from the glitches noted above, it's a great component. If anyone has any thoughts on correcting these problems, PLEASE let me know. Thanks.

Excellent recordings and simple operation

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I tested the other products on the market and the Pioneer excels by far. My recordings have been flawless, no problem with digital sync or my CDRs. Highly Recommended!

I have had this unit for about 2 weeks now and it does a godd job. I have recorded mainly form CD using the Optical Digital input. The recordings from this source are flawless and sound like the orignal recording. I tried from analog source using a turntable and find it to be satisfactory. It seems just a little bit more flat sounding . But I have a cheaper turntable so after I upgrade I may have better opinion on that. I have yet to try from Sattelite receiver but plan on it soon as I enjoy many of the Music Choice channels. Overall I would rate this as a great way to make your own compilation CD's and copies of your favorite music. I di find a little bit of problems sometimes when switching tracks in other cd players. Sometimes it seems to take awhile before the track starts to play, but this may be just inexperience on my part as I havn't thoroughly read the manual yet.

i have had this player for about 8 months now. i find the recording quality very good. especially when using digital connections. i use both the optical and coax connections. even with an analog recording it sounds pretty close to the original if not sometimes better. i mainly use it to make compilation cd's and to put samples from dvds onto them. it's a lot of fun once you get a hang of all the buttons. word of advice: buy one of the cd-rw to practice on. even though the price of cd-r have come down, it's still an expensive way to make mistakes. i do have that problem of other players reading the beginning of each track sometimes. it's not frequent enough to make me complain. i do find it annoying though when you put in a disc (cd-r, cd-rw, or a regular cd) and it takes a while to "read" what kind it is before you can play it. overall, this player has been good to me. pretty easy to operate, has a fader button in case your "play" player does not. i use a dual laser dvd player as my "play" player, so it does not have a fader. the one on the pioneer burner is useful when you need to end a song early or for those songs that are mixed in with another track. definitely use the digital-digital connections if you can, and keep those discs clean!

I just wanted to respond to the previous individual's (Scott) problem who was not able to get the disks recorded in this unit to play in other CD players. Without any detail about how he recorded, I can only guess at a potential problem: That is that the disks were not "finalized". This is where the table of contents (TOC) are written onto the disk. The CD burner itself can play the disk because it has the software built in to do so. Without the TOC an ordinary CD player cannot find the data. To finalize, put the copy back into the recorder and push "Finalize" button. When a time appears, then push "Pause" button. That last step is frequently forgotten, but that is actually the finalization step!

Another possibility is that wrong disks or CD-RW disks were being used. These will not play on CD players. Even ordinary CD-R disks should not be used. Use CD-R Audio Only format for this model. Usually there is a note saying "For Consumer Use" on the blanks.

If this still doesn't work, then you have to take it back to the store and get a different one. Believe me, this thing works, and I can play disks it makes in the car and on any CD player I've tried.

This unit is a bit expensive, however, but worth it in the long run.

GREAT RECORDINGS! MUCH BETTER THAN MY 3 Head Deck

It takes a while for other cd players to find the tracks that are made from this machine.

Great machine. Great copies. PERIOD

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play tray is loud, can't dupe CD-R, play tray WON'T play CD-RW, won't record to the end of a CD-R

I made the horrible mistake of buying a Pioneer PDR-W739, but I'm returning it tomorrow. The 'consumer audio' recordable CD format's anti-piracy system is a joke...I could borrow every CD from everyone I know (or the public library) & make 100 copies of each - one at a time, but I can't record my own original music onto a CD-R & then make a single copy of that (in the digital domain) not even by running an optical cable from the output of the 'player' to the input of the 'recorder' (since they supposedly operate separately). The read-only tray CANNOT read CD-RWs - which I only purchased to record original music on (& then dub onto CD-Rs). The play-only 3-tray changer is loud & goes through about a 45 second cycle of noisily checking the TOC of each non-existent CD in each of the 3 trays EVERY time you turn it on. I've heard from friends that other CD burners (esp. computer based ones) have compatibility problems - I had none with this burner. The manual is not complete by any means - it doesn't mention, for example, how to insert/include track numbers from a continuous analog source (think vinyl LP tracks, or a live musical performance). The manual doesn't mention much. I haven't been able to record a whole song past ~the 64 minute mark - I get either the "Check CD" message or the recorder just stops (could possibly be the Maxell CD-Rs I'm using?). I could go on, but I won't - don't buy this POS if you make ANY demands of your audio gear...

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I receive this product for an Xmas present and the instructions were accidently thrown out with the box can someone please e-mail me some info on how to hook up the dubbing cables and instructions on how to record. Thanks

Pioneer PDR-555RW makes bit perfect copies. You can not tell the difference from the original.

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This is an awesome machine. Recordings are much better than computer burned cds. Will play on all cd players, including portables. Sound quality is bit perfect. Computer burned cd's sound terrible. This machine is for audio only. You cannot use computer blanks.

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