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This is a slight rewording of my previous question--but I think it's more to the point. Should I worry about a CD recorder that I plan to buy having 'slot loading' rather than the little tray that whooshes out to take the cd. Is one more dangerous or apt to have problems? Many thanks for the sharing...

My old Phillips is starting to act up a bit.

I'm looking at that Tascam cdrw900sl.

The only thing that scares me is that it is 'slot loading' rather than tray loading....hmmmm, that just sounds like problems to me. I may be wrong.

Any thoughts?

Thank you in advance!

I've got one of those little tubepac ART's.
The one that's a compressor and mic pre.
---but boy does it have a buzz.

Anyone have similair experience?
Would swapping the tube be helpful in this case?

I had a similair problem with my Teac 80-8.
I eventually had it fixed by an actual technician, but in the meantime,
I put a CD between on the hub before the reel of tape. This lifted it just the scoach it needed. (I may have got that suggestion right here at TOMB for all I remember.)

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OK, this fear goes back some years. For a while the Maxell blank CDR's came with their very own colored felt pin marker that was supposed to *not* hurt the CDR in any way. Now, my little pens are running out of ink. Is it ok for me to use a standard sharpie on CDR's? or does some hidden element in t...

I'm looking at possibly replacing my old CDR recorder.
It's a Phillips --about 12 years old, and is starting to have some issues.

I'm looking at the Tascam 990sl.

BUT, it has a 'slot' loading thing instead of the tray.

Are slots better or worse (oh geez, is that a straight line, or what?)?

I've seen them occassionaly in stores.
I've never seen anyone use one.

Are those laser cleaning discs important?
Should you use one periodically?
Are there dangers?
Do they improve fidelity or just the tracking of the disc?
Are they a voodoo sham?

Thanks for any info!

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Hello! I do the music for a local TV show that is produced and aired by the local PBS affilliate. For the last 2 years, I've liscensed the music to them. I've made about 18 hundred dollars per year for the first two years. They're going into their third year. They've been picked up by two other PBS ...

Thanks, I'm mixing a song where I'm putting the entire drum mix through a bit of compression ( have one of those RNC's). I often use compression on vocals and when recording acoustic string instruments, but haven't done this before. I remember the article sort of describing the dangers of sucking th...

There was a recent TapeOp issue with a little side-bar bit about 'bad compression'---does anyone remember which issue this was?
I know it's lying in my pile o' tapeops somewhere.
Like...what was on the cover?
Thanks in advance to anyone with a good memory!

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Sorry that this is a bit off topic, but you folks seem to know this stuff. I need to replace the speakers in my home stereo system. Not the whole box and all....just the 'woofers'---the paper is old and torn at the edges. Is there an online hi-fi place that sells such things? We only have boxstores ...