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difference between CD recorder and PC burner

Has anybody had the chance to compare CDs created with a decent CD recorder and those created with a CD-R with a good sound card on a PC. At some point I will be replacing my Nak cassette deck with either a CD recorder or a CD-R on my computer. If I get a CD recorder, it will have to be a dual well recorder since I don't want to have a CD player and a CD recorder - I like things simple. The other alternative is just buying a better CD player and then buying a CD-R and a good sound card. Whenever I want to record I could just run a cable from the tape out of my receiver over to the sound card of the computer. I will most likely be recording more LPs than CDs, so whichever method I choose should have a good ADC on board. I don't need absolute high end sound (that's why I have scaled down to my Fisher 400 tubed receiver) but I don't want crap either. The CDs would be played only in the car which has a pretty decent sound system (although cassette based at the moment). I would appreciate hearing comments from anybody that has experience with both choices.

Mike
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dogeatpuppy
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i found that if you like to make compilation disc's(single tracks from numerous albums) as i, a cd recorder will do a better job, i directly hook my cdp,tape,or tt(pre amp) to the recorder and burn at a 1:1 ratio, it far exceeds my dell pc for burning discs, most single well cdr's have the same recording features as a cassette recorder.
like you, i didn't want another cdp in the rig, but, i found a single well is much better for my purpose, i just slip it in on burning day................
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