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Looking stylish with its burnished-aluminum front panel, the Denon CDR-W1500 CD recorder and player offers dual drives capable of simultaneous playback--for, say, taping one CD to cassette for the car while you listen to another--and features audio CD-R and CD-RW compatibility in both drives. The component records only to recordable CDs designated as being for "audio" or "music"; standard computer/data CD-R/CD-RW media will not work here. 
The Denon CDR-W1500 features dual CD drives for simultaneous playback and recording. View larger. | 
Included remote. View larger. | Recording is possible not only between CDs but from externally connected analog sources too. Denon stands by the components sound quality, and it even offers processing for HDCD (High-Definition Compatible Digital), an encode/decode process that ekes slightly better sound out of standard CDs (check the backs for your discs for the HDCD logo). The recorder will also copy HDCD-encoded CDs at full resolution.Denon has endowed the CDR-W1500 with separate outputs, labeled "CDP" for the playback drive and "CDR" for the record drive. By routing these outputs to separate amplifiers (with a choice of analog or digital transmission for each drive), you can listen to each independently to hear different source material in different rooms. The CDR-W1500 offers the convenient "scan rec dubbing" function, which lets you scan for the tracks you want before you record them. There are 2 record modes: digital and analog. Digital recording lets you make perfect copies of discs or parts of discs. The simplest method is internal dubbing, from drive 1 to drive 2, at either 1x (normal) or 2x speed. Alternately, you can feed your CDR-W1500 from an external device--a minidisc player/recorder, a DVD player, or another CD player, for instance--through an optical or coaxial digital-audio input. You can copy a whole disc or merely one track. With analog recording, simply feed the recorder an audio output (stereo RCA) from a cassette deck, VCR, PC, or DVD player, and start recording. You can set track IDs manually or the recorder will insert them every time you pause or every time it sees "black" (no signal) from the input. Onboard Serial Copy Management System (SCMS) prevents you from making a digital copy of a disc that is already a digital copy, but you may still make an "analog" copy of such a disc by recording it via the analog audio inputs (the track IDs may not be quite as accurate this way, but at least you can record it). Stellar features include internal relay play (drive 1 to drive 2), random play between drives, track programming, and sample-rate conversion for use with sources such as DAT (digital audio tape) and DSS (digital satellite system) having sample rates ranging from 32 to 48 kHz. The recorder's display offers compatibility with English-language CD Text information, and you can also add text to the discs you create.
What's in the Box
CD recorder, remote control, remote batteries, a user's manual, and a warranty card.
Denon CDR-W1500 Dual Drive CD-R & CD-RW Recorder - 24 bit Analog Devices D/A converters (drive 1) Digital sampling frequency converter (32 kHz, 48 kHz digital inputs converted to 44.1 kHz CD sampling frequency) 44.1 kHz Direct Digital Dubbing (HDCD dubbing compatible) Optimum Power Calibration 2 sets analog outputs 1 Coaxial digital input 2 Coaxial digital outputs 1 Optical digital input 2 Optical digital outputs 2-times Dubbing Speed Dual Playback Mode (both drives play at the same time) Relay Playback Mode CD Text & Titling compatible Synchronized Recording Dimensions - 17.1w x 4.0h x 13.0d
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