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(don't unplug your pc though). other digital products can be "reset" this way. i once had a problem trying to eject a disc from the player side. push open button, but no luck.THEN i unplugged the unit from ac waited a moment, plugged back in, and have not had the problem since.
They made it very difficult to return the product. I did not have a good experience with the seller either. Unfortunately we had to ship the item back. It does not have the capability to record from analog sources.
On second thought I realize that is not true.The CD that I always think of associated with super bit mapping is miles Davis kind of blue. The answer is probably yes.I could tell you some more of my thinking but I think it boils down to using this on a machine is ultimately a better conversion than using a computer. This is a CD released in 1997. So my understanding of super bitmapping is that it is the intelligent conversion of a 24 bit recording to a 16 bit recording. If you use a computer to record analog sources you could make a 20 or 24 bit recording.
I intend to use this unit with the super bitmapping feature turned on. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the reason this unit is a little big is because they had to fit a bigger CPU, digital signal processor and other microelectronics solely because of the super bitmapping feature. My old Sony CD recorder is a lot smaller and doesn't have super bitmapping.Therefore I don't intend to use a computer even though I could. But I imagine the equipment that Sony used to produce that CD was extremely expensive especially at the time.I know that I don't know much about what CD mastering is.
But do you really get the almighty Sony super bitmapping at the touch of one button with this unit. And then perhaps make an ACC or MP3 of it. I see some people in their reviews saying that they use super bitmapping for when they are recording reel to reel. (and that the end result CD sounds better than 16 bit) Furthermore if you feel that you prefer Sony's mastering, that you prefer super bitmapping; there is simply no software program that is going to emulate that process.In summary it is as if you are given in this product the ultimate most high end feature for under $250. Most of what I was able to read about super bitmapping talked about dithering although one article mentioned down converting or down sampling. It seems also that some sources talked about super bitmapping as a 20 bit system and some called it a 24 bit system.
My understanding though I have tried to make clear and I intend to use the super bitmapping on every record I convert. I did try to read about super bitmapping.
So far I've converted two records with super bitmapping and I'm extremely impressed. I think it's the only reason and the only reason that needs to be as to why this unit is completely outstanding.
That is to say I will not turn the button off. However you still would not be applying the sbm (the super bit mapping)Very needless to say I think part of my decision to buy this unit was that I felt that somehow hooking up your computer to your stereo will wind up deteriorating the signal.
You should also pick up a great turntable or buy a new needle for your old one if it's good. Consider though that if you make an uncompressed 24 bit recording on a computer ultimately to put that recording on a Redbook CD you're gonna have to one way or another convert that to 16 bit.
I'm not an audio engineer. Second thought lets talk about it I don't often write amazon reviews and I thought I could add some important life to this discussion, there are a lot of reviews here and hardly anybody is talking about super bit mapping.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT SOMETIMES A CD WILL NOT FINALIZE. I'm trying to burn Sony's now (silver), but I remember Sony having the worst cassettes to record on too. I bought this Sony RCD-500C a couple of years ago. I put the CDs on an older PC I use as my music box. Right now, I'm not sure if the prob is with the CD recorder or the the CD Music media. Only stereo though. If you miss the end of a track, you have to do the whole song over or learn to use audio sw on your PC.
POOR. When the CD cannot finalize, I have to play and record all the music again.
I have a boom box to power the music and a 6 speaker control box to sent the music to 6 rooms. EXCELLENT.
I've recorded tons of music off my LPs to CD. (yes I'm yelling, sorry) My bottom line: $200+ for a box you can use on your old stereo to record your LPs to CD.
hmm. I love it.
Using the Sony CD recorder is just like using a cassette recorder except you can't redo.
Only.I'm taking it back. When I try to record in high-speed synchro, I get error messages.Yeah, I've been ruining a bunch of CDs, which brings me to the less serious issue of having a hard time finding the digital audio CDs this unit requires, and when I did finally find them, found them to be about three times as expensive as the ones I was using on the Sony RCD-W3 I had to replace after using it for several years.The unit is slow, and yeah, the instruction book can be used as kindling. I hope I can find a non-Sony unit online. I just bought my recorder, and already found serious problems.1. It won't record from other components in stereo.2.
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