Derrick Fawsitt wrote:
In message , Rob
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The HD makes occasional clicks, and a mild mechanical hum during use.
Not too bad, and the nature of these things. When the fan kicks in it
is noticeable, not fantastically loud though. Good ventilation around
the back means it rarely comes on, but bear in mind the unit is very
deep, so siting can be an issue.

Seems very well built, never missed a beat, copies are very good. But
I don't use it as much as I might because the interface makes editing
tricky, or perhaps more accurately - difficult for me to remember.

It's been upgraded to a 250gb model (HD1500 - mine's a 160Gb, but
disks are easy to change, c.450UKP). If you're going this route I'd
take a look at the Cambridge HD CD recorder - although I think they're
both overpriced. HTH

Rob

Rob.

Can't thank you enough and excuse my delay in acknowledging your help. I
am not sure if the one in my local shop is the larger HD, I will have to
check.
I had the disaster with my CD burning while using CD Burner XP Pro3, it
seems there are access points (?) in some Opera disks I cloned and they
produced a gap in the middle of the singing. I have no idea how this
came about since I just clicked on Rip and then when that was done,
Burn. Unfortunately I did not actually check my copies until I had given
back the CD's so I can tell you I was disgusted. It now seems it may not
be so bad as some of my Symphony recordings with tracks etc., are
perfect. Perhaps my other opera clones are OK, so far I am afraid to check.
Again my thanks,

Hmmm - annoying!

If CD Burner is anything like Nero it produces a 2 second gap between
tracks by default, and it's likely this needed to be set to zero
*before* the rip. A better approach would have been to simply clone the CD.

I would suggest all is not lost. Try copying the copy and look for the
'gap between tracks' setting, and set it to zero. Alternatively, it
would be quite straightforward to 'stitch' the tracks together using
editing software. You're not alone with this btw - I learned the hard
way ;-)

The Yamaha isn't the best machine to use as a CD copier - copying
involves CD-HD-CDR, and certain limitations are built into the machine
that could prevent you doing a digital copy again. You could use the
digital (or analogue) output of an existing CD player to rip CDs, but
this does happen in real time.

A better standalone option might be a twin CD recorder although note the
'clicks' I encountered (above post) and the limitation of digital copies
of copies remains, as does the need to buy slightly more extensive audio
blanks.

If you don't need the convenience of the standalone unit and the hard
disk, the PC/MAC option remains more versatile.

Best of luck, and please post again if this doesn't make sense.

Rob