Well, Mac's thoughts are always centered around K.I.S.S. and also definitely to tell you to get what YOU want to use, the way you want to use it.

"If you do your job right, pcm audio is pcm audio, nobody on God's Green Earth is going to be able to listen to the finished CD and turn around and tell you what gear you used to make the recording after simply listening to it."

The reduced complexity of that hard disk recorder may be just what the doctor ordered. And its not a permanent decision anyway. Get what you want after studying on these things for awhile, use it, get work done, tomorrow's another day, next year's another year, time's a-wastin'.

ZOOM HD16CD is street pricin' at around 700 bucks, right? I think so but didn't check.

Make a CD, sell 100 copies fer ten bucks each and...

(Can't wait. Which one will just have to figure I can't do arithmetic again? Well, first its a ballpark rendering, intended to factor in cost of 100 CDs and jewel cases, 'K?)


--Mac