Review on TEAC CD-RW890MK2-B Home Audio CD Recorder With Bluetooth - Black by Joe Gilmartin

This unit DOES make decent CD recordings and for the money you really can't complain, but there are a few issues you might want to know about. I wish I'd had the chance to demo this unit before I bought it, so maybe I can at least warn you so that if you want to spend a bit more to get increased features you can decided if you need to or not. One big problem with this deck is the level meters only have a few segments, so it can be very hard to keep from going over zero db unless you spend a lot of time reviewing the source media very closely before committing to record. I am used to much higher resolution level meters such as those found on my SV-3700 DAT deck and Nakamichi tape deck, which admittedly are much more expensive boxes than the Teac. Another issue I've noticed is this box is very slow - slow to load, slow to read, just plain slow. Also, the display has very limited information, such as not showing time remaining on disc during a recording and other stats in real time. The audio specs are also not as good as I would expect this far into the development of CD technology, although still acceptable. The construction is very good with a metal cabinet and very solid controls. I do think if I tried recording on one, I would have opted for one of the more professional-quality Teac units.