... Grrrr!
Yamaha really have done all they to wring out the last drop of quality from an analogue recording. You have Dolby's B, C AND S (S is a step further on in the battle against the dreaded hiss, and more compatible with B than C is). Good news if you play tapes in the car which only ... Read review
(+) high sound quality, diverse functions, record to tape mode, record from tape mode (-) usless instruction manual, useless recording programme, not all cables supplied
Advantages: Excellent recording quality thanks to advanced technical facilities Disadvantages: Hidden minor controls are fiddly.
...pound. Grrrr!
Yamaha really have done all they to wring out the last drop of quality from an analogue recording. You have Dolby's B, C AND S (S is a step further on in the battle against the dreaded hiss, and more compatible with B than C is). Good news if you play tapes in the car which only has Dolby B. Also there's HX Pro "headroom expansion" which adjust the machines record characteristics "on the fly", and ... ...a CD player like my Yamaha CDX-496, which can find the loudest part of a CD selection before you record, thus enabling the optimum record level, then you have a pretty formidable set up. On the subject of sticking to the same make, this deck is compatible with the "synchro-record" on the CD player's remote.
The machine is well made, and within the bounds of it's "blackness" good to look at - its minor controls hide ... more
I have been using this deck for two years. It cost around £250 then ,but it's less than £150 now, thanks partly to a strong pound. Grrrr!
Yamaha really have done all they to wring out the last drop of quality from an analogue recording. You have Dolby's B, C AND S (S is a step further on in the battle against the dreaded hiss, and more compatible with B than C is). Good news if you play tapes in the car which only has Dolby B. Also there's HX Pro "headroom expansion" which adjust the machines record characteristics "on the fly", and last but not least, there's a tape-trimming facility which adjusts the machine for the make and type of tape you are using. It does this by making a few seconds of recording, and then plays it back to itself, "making notes" as it goes.
If you combine this with a CD player like my Yamaha CDX-496, which can find the loudest part of a CD selection before you record, thus enabling the optimum record level, then you have a pretty formidable set up. On the subject of sticking to the same make, this deck is compatible with the "synchro-record" on the CD player's remote.
The machine is well made, and within the bounds of it's "blackness" good to look at - its minor controls hide behind a neat flap, but because this means they are recessed, they are a bit fiddly for those with "York Hams" for fists!
All in all, a super bit of kit that acts and feels like it was worth the money.
Oh, and it has its own remote control - you may get this included.
Advantages: SOUND QUALITY, EASE OF USE Disadvantages: NONE!!!
I have been involved in mid and budget priced hi-fi for many years now and would like to pass on my experiences to you, the reader.
This particular review is for the NAD C521 BEE CD PLAYER.
Many of you may be asking "who the hell are NAD?" Well, it is an established british company who design hi-fi in the u.k and have it manufactured in the far east to exacting
standards, the end result being very high quality equipment at very reasonable prices.
You can find NAD products at most "proper" hi-fi dealers (just pick up a copy of " WHAT HI-FI" and you will see very many dealers selling the product).
On to the review: i bought my NAD C 521 BEE CD PLAYER ten months ago from HI-FI CONFIDENTIAL in london and paid £180 for it.
I connected it to a NAD C350 amplifier, a YAMAHAKX-580 SE cassette deck and a pair of CASTLE ...
iiyama1000 18.10.2004 (11.02.2005)
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Advantages: Plays CD-Rs and CD-RWs. Remote control Disadvantages: As Henry Ford said - any colour you like as long as it's black.
finds the loudest patch in all of the tracks programmed for playing, and repeats this bit over and over again whilst you set up your cassette deck’s record level.
Then you can programme the tape length to be used, in the case of a C90 - this allows the first 45-minutes worth to be played and pauses whilst you turn the tape over – no, it can’t do that bit for you!
Likewise, if you have a Yamaha cassette deck like my KX-580, it can also be used to synchro-start both the CD-player and the recording deck.
There is an optical digital output at the rear as well as the more normal twin “phono” leads.
The former can either be used directly into an amplifier, although is usually limited to those with Home Cinema decoders in them, or as a direct “pipe” to a minidisk recorder. I have auditioned ...
BNibbles 09.11.2000 (05.06.2001)
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