Description
Make your own music mixes and enjoy the sonic results with Sony's RCD-WC500 Compact Disc Player/Recorder. Featuring a 5-CD/Dual Deck with 4x High Speed Dubbing and CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and MP3 Playback Capability, this product records CD-Recordable and CD-ReWritable Discs, offers SBM - Super Bit Mapping Recording and High Speed Finalizing, and CD Text Entry. Also utilize 24-Step Program Play, One-Touch Synchro Start/Record, and the supplied Remote Commander Remote Control. Begin burning your CDs today with the RCD-WC500.
Quick Glance
General Features: CD Text Display, CD-R Compatible, CD-RW Compatible
Disc Mechanism: Tray
Summary
Product Title: Sony RCD-W500C 5-Disc Dual-Deck CD Changer/Recorder
Manufacturer: Sony
Power Score: 3.7 | 23 Reviews
General
General Features: CD Text Display, CD-R Compatible, CD-RW Compatible
Disc Mechanism: Tray
Remote Control: Basic Remote
Warranty Information: 1 Year Limited Warranty
URL: Manufacturer Link
Crutchfield: Yes
Additional Specifications
Frequency Band: Super Bit Mapping Recording 5-CD/Dual Deck with 4x High Speed Dubbing High Speed Finalizing Analog Input (Impedance/Rated Input) 47K ohms/125mVrms - 330 mVrms Analog Output Fixed (Level/Load Impedance) 2V/50k ohms Headphone (Level Max/ Load Impedance) --- 28mW/32 ohms Audio: Gold Plated Audio Terminals 2-Mode Repeat Play (Track/Disc) Convenience: One-Touch Synchro Start/Record
Power Consumption: 20 W
Dynamic Range: 95 dB
Tracks: 24 Programmable
Analog to Digital Converter: 24 bit
Strengths: Easy to set up; quiet; more features than I'll ever use; makes perfect copies
Weakness: Manual is a bit intimidating
I was crushed when my 3 year old Philips recorder gave out. Couldn't find another as reliable. Finally went with a Denon that everyone raved about. It broke down on the 2nd day. Sent it back and bought the Sony at my local Circuit City. Why didn't I do this sooner? Easy set up in a just a few minutes. Can copy entire discs or make your own compilations easily and reliably. The instruction manual...
Strengths: able to use external inputs.
Weakness: I have not found any.
Has more specialitys than I want. I am not into copying CD that I already have but preserving the thousands of records I have collected over the years.I have not been able to find a simple and affordable burner so this one comes closest.
Strengths: Easy to install. Easy to operate. Does what I wanted it to do, which is copy vinyl records to CD.
Weakness: The manual is a bit unclear. Can only use music 'audio' cds. On CD-RW you must 'unfinalize' to erase the disc. Would like to see that 'unfinalize' process part of the erase entire disc feature.
I have a huge vinyl record collection and am thrilled that I can now convert my favorite ones to CD. I can now even listen to these on my I-pod.
Strengths: Makes superb recordings from analog LP records; plays up to 5 discs automatically with fine music reproduction.
Weakness: The little trays that hold a CD seem extremely flimsy and quite easily broken if you're not careful.
Although I've only had the unit a week now, I've play a number of CDs in Side A with no problems whatsoever. Yesterday I tried recording my first CD and was surprised at the results from LP records - the CD sounded almost better than the original LPs. I first experimented with a Verbatim CD-RW disc, and then switched to Maxell Music Pro CD-R discs (made in Japan) for a permanent recording. The...
Strengths: very low price
Weakness: extremely low quality
Within two months, it was bombing recordings (I was copying LP's). I took it back to the dealer and they sent it to Sony who replaced it with a rebuilt unit (they must have plenty of those). It lasted about six months before it too started going bad and was totally unusable after about 10 more months. This time, I would have to spend $153 to replace it with another rebuilt unit. I chose to throw...
Strengths: Excellent digital quality recording from analogue and disk copying. Copy tracks in the order of your choice from multiple CDs.
Weakness: Only records to Digital Audio CDs. Does not Play on deck A to analogue while recording from analogue on deck B.
This CD recorder is exactly what we needed. We are able to record from an analogue source onto a digital format. It does take some study to orient yourself to the recording process and terminalogy as it does with most new components. There are a variety of setting that allow for a number of recording and playback options. There seem to be few choices for CD recordering on the market. Sony has...
Strengths: very versatile; good gadget ...5-disc player and one 'additional' for recording.
Weakness: Couldn't record straight from a turntable
Has a good number of features for playback of CDs...Neat 5-disc player from which one can choose the format to play the tracks...randomly or programmed by the user. One can easily record from a casette deck, adjusting the recording level as well. When it came time to record from the turntable, I had to go through the cassette player: connected the turntable to the amplifier, as would normally....
Strengths: Works well- records audio cd's fairly quickly.
Weakness: Instructions in owners manual are confusing, poorly organized and hard to follow..
A high quality product- I would buy again, but the package would be better with a more readable manual. This is the second CD recorder I have owned- the first one- made by Phillips- had reliability problems. I haven't had the Sony that long, but I have faith in the reliability based on the fact that it carries the Sony name.
Strengths: Records CDRs and CDRWs with ease, 5 disc changer/player, dual decks, analog and digital ins, excellent audio quality, nice design.
Weakness: Only records to music (audio) CDRs and CDRWs and not the less expensive Data types.
I have had this unit for the about a week and love it! It does what it's design to do very precisely, record CDRs and CDRWs. Recordings made sound just as good or better than the original source! Since music CDRs are more expensive than Data CDRs, I usually record to music CDRWs, finalize it and then extract the recordings using my PC's CDR burner, that way I can burn the recordings to less...
The Sony RCD-W500C is a 5-disc CD player/recorder. As well as playing CD-Rs, CD-RWs, and MP3s, this unit also records CD-R and CD-RW discs—including are Super Bit Mapping, high-speed finalizing, CD text entry. In regards to inputs and outputs, the unit only hosts three: headphone, optical audio, and RCA. That is, however, enough for the average music listener. Additional features of the...
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Do not buy this model!!!
Strengths: none
Weakness: where do i begin?
I bought one of these units to record from my vinyl collection and to make multiple CD copies of my vinyl recordings for friends. I found very quickly that it had many faults: 1) would consistently shut down in the middle of recording from disc to disc, thus wasting many discs. (and i was using sony discs among others!) 2) from deck A to deck B the time sync would be off on newly recorded CDs...
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