Denon Introduces its First Dual-Tray Home Audio CD Recorder

28-Sep-00

Denon Electronics, a world leader in digital audio technology recently announced the introduction of its first-ever dual tray home audio CD recorder. The new CDR-W1500 features 2x CD-R and CD-RW disc dubbing and incorporates the most advanced Denon digital technologies for ultimate recording fidelity and user convenience, including HDCD copy and HDCD playback capability. In addition, the company is now shipping its single-tray CDR-1000 CD-R/CD-RW recorder, a high-performance CD deck that offers music lovers outstanding CD recording flexibility at an extremely attractive price. Denon Marketing Manager David Birch-Jones noted, ""Denon has been the leader in digital audio technology since the 1970s, when the company's groundbreaking research and development in PCM audio recording led to the introduction of the world's first high fidelity stereo PCM digital audio recorder. In fact, Denon initiated today's acceptance of the CD as the preferred high-fidelity music format with the release of the world's first commercially available Compact Discs in 1982. With the introduction of the CDR-W1500 and CDR-1000, world-renowned Denon digital sound quality is now available to the consumer in a choice of superb-quality decks that enable them to easily record their own CDs at home from any music source.""Denon CDR-W1500The Denon CDR-W1500 offers home recordists the means to create music CDs with full 16-bit/44.1kHz CD-quality sound as easily as recording using a standard cassette deck. The CDR-W1500 is record-and-playback-compatible with music CD-R and music CD-RW discs and also plays back pre-recorded music CDs. The CDR-W1500 provides the highest-possible CD recording quality when recording either digital or analog sources. When recording CDs, the CDR-W1500's Direct 44.1kHz Recording bypasses the deck's A/D, D/A and sampling rate converters and transfers the digital information directly from the pre-recorded to the blank CD, for exact bit-for-bit copying accuracy and best-possible sound quality. In addition, the CDR-W1500 offers both HDCD recording and playback capability-it includes a built-in HDCD decoder that allows listeners to enjoy the full benefits of the HDCD format's improved resolution, dynamic range and musicality. The CDR-W1500's HDCD decoder also improves the sound of non-HDCD discs, thanks to its high-precision digital filter.When recording digital sources using sampling frequencies other than 44.1kHz such as the 48kHz digital output from a DAT recorder or multi-track recording deck, the CDR-W1500's sampling rate converter automatically converts the data to a 44.1kHz/16-bit CD-standard digital data stream for direct-to-digital recording.The Denon CDR-W1500's dual-tray design enables CD-to CD-dubbing with unmatched convenience. It offers a choice of recording options including double-speed CD dubbing, a Disc Dubbing mode that directly records all information contained on a CD including text from HDCD and CD Text discs, and a Make CD mode that records and finalizes a CD with the touch of a single button.The CDR-W1500 is also designed for exceptional sound quality when dubbing analog sources such as cassette tapes or LPs, thanks to its advanced Delta/Sigma analog-to-digital conversion circuitry that converts analog audio signals to digital with exceptional accuracy and resolution. In addition to its unsurpassed recording quality, the Denon CDR-W1500 delivers superb playback quality, utilizing leading-edge 24-bit D/A conversion circuitry that provides the highest fidelity and resolution available along with exceptional dynamic range and wideband frequency response. The end result is rich, musically involving sound quality equaling or exceeding even costly exotic audiophile CD players.The Denon CDR-W1500 offers a wealth of recording functions and convenience functions that make it easy to create great-sounding CDs from any music source. The CDR-W1500 includes coaxial and optical inputs to easily connect multiple digital sources, along with analog audio inputs. The CDR-W1500 also includes two coaxial and two optical digital outputs that allow connection to the digital inputs of a receiver or preamp/processor, or an external D/A converter. In addition, the CDR-W1500's Dual Play mode allows separate playback of two discs in both trays simultaneously, via two independent sets of analog audio outputs to deliver the audio to two separate music systems or a DJ-type mixer.The Denon CDR-W1500 includes a host of sophisticated editing capabilities and programming and play functions, such as a Synchronized Recording function starts a recording automatically as soon as an audio signal is detected from a program, and a 2x-speed disc finalization function. For easy identification of recorded discs, the CDR-W1500 includes a Text Input and Display feature that allows the user to input the disc title and artist's name onto a disc, which can then be viewed on the deck's front panel display when the disc is loaded. This feature can even be used to name the individual tracks on a disc with title and artist information.All controls of the CDR-W1500 are simple and straightforward in operation and can be operated either via the front panel or its full-function remote control. The Denon CDR-W1500 is built to the highest standards, utilizing premium-quality parts and construction including a black anodized aluminum front panel. The CDR-W1500 is fully compliant with the SCMS Serial Copy Management System, which permits direct CD dubbing with bit-for-bit accuracy.The Denon CDR-W1500 will begin shipping September 2000 at a suggested retail price of $699.The CDR-1000Denon's new single-tray CDR-1000 offers superlative recording quality and many of the features of the CDR-W1500, at a suggested retail price of just $599. It features 24-bit D/A conversion for the highest-fidelity CD playback, and includes Denon's Direct 44.1kHz Recording feature that transfers the digital information directly from a pre-recorded CD for bit-for-bit recording accuracy. The CDR-1000 offers a full complement of digital and analog inputs to easily record any music source, and features a unique External Monitor function that allows the user to check recording quality before recording a disc. When the CDR-1000's REC button is pressed while a disc is not loaded, the incoming signal to be recorded can be heard through its digital or analog outputs, allowing proper recording levels to be easily verified.For more information, visit www.del.denon.com/home.

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