Koss CDR200 Dual Deck CD Recorder

by Koss

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17 x 13.2 x 4.8 inches ; 14 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 16 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005N5Y7
• Item model number: CDR200
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,827 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #30 in Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > Stereo Components > CD Players & Recorders > CD Recorders
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good Riddance, January 30, 2004

By 

David Bradley "David Bradley" (Sterling, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Koss CDR200 Dual Deck CD Recorder (Electronics)

I'm glad to see KOSS has stopped making this waste of money machine.

All of the complaints about the recording side which you'll see in all of the other reviews are accurate: It is very picky about which CD-R's it will accept (rejecting about 1/4 of every pack I tried over the past 18 months), it forces a gap between tracks whether you want them there or not, it determines (based only on its mood) how much time it will allow you to record on each blank CD, and, most maddening of all, it keeps going into "recovery" mode, which basically means it's tacking on about 30 seconds of dead air after each "recovered" track. Since you can not control the record level, each tune is recorded at it's original level, and that varies from source to source--so your CD's play volume is all over the map if you use different sources. And lately it's not even putting a ceiling on the volume, so I get finished CDs with horrible distortion levels.

I won't be buying any more KOSS equipment, that's for sure. I'll spend the extra bucks for a decent recorder--and the KOSS is going out with Tuesday's trash.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars avoid no matter what the cost!, January 7, 2006

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Teddy (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Koss CDR200 Dual Deck CD Recorder (Electronics)

I received this as a Xmas gift 3 years ago.
At first I was thrilled. It's fairly easy to use and flexible enough to allow recording from almost any source. I mostly wanted to burn my record collection to CD, but also make compilation CDs from all sources. I connected it to my home stereo and started burning.
So far, so good. Then the trouble started.
First, the playback drawer became stuck.
I had to manually pry it open and remove the CD.
Eventually the playback deck stopped working altogether. Which may have been a blessing in disguise as it saves me from having to ever pry another CD out of it.
After a year and a half or so the LCD screen went haywire, flashing like mad when the unit was turned off!
Three years on the recorder still works, but I'm buying a new preamp with CD burning software so I can run direct to my pc and reserve the Koss CDR200 for once in a while, non-essential uses.
Recording with this unit can be a bit tricky. If you wait too long in record/pause mode it will stop and you have to start over again. Mis-coordinating the start of an LP and the recorder sometimes results in the first second or two of music being cut off or a blank track number at the start of the CD.
Practice will iron out most problems and satisfactory result can be had.


product manuals are avaiable as PDF files via http://koss-av.com/operational-manual.htm

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth it, September 11, 2003

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rjbinney (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Koss CDR200 Dual Deck CD Recorder (Electronics)

You might think I'm sour because mine just crapped out after 18 months (whereas I have the same amp and EQ I bought in 80 and 81, respectively....), but this just isn't worth the money. I bought the floor model, and every time I burned a CD, I wished I'd bought a more expensive model.

First of all, it doesn't have a recording volume pot, so you have to run it through a tape deck or something that does, so you can balance mix CD's to a consistent volume (in other words, different things are ORIGINALLY recorded at different volumes, particularly LP's vs. CD's. When you put a song from each back to back, it's really bad, unless you can balance the incoming volume. Which you can't with this.)

Also, even though the manual says you can do this, you can't make an exact copy of a CD. It ALWAYS puts a one second gap between cuts. So, if you're copying a symphony, there will always be a | break between movements. Or, heaven forbid you score a bootleg of a concert... Your only options are one 80 minute track, or lots of applause and cheering | and lots of applause and cheering bertween songs.

Recording is cumbersome, as well, but I've already bored you enough.

Finally, I almost always got "recovery" errrors... Don't know what they are, but it was disturbing.

I made some GREAT CD's with this, and was excited to buy it, but, all in all, I was disappointed that I spent $150 on it, and will definitely pay more for better features, and more convenience.