This unit is so simple that even I can operate it!

It seems I learn everything slowly and painfully. I love computers, but all of that tekkie-talk just makes my eyes glaze over. Whilst surfing the net one nite, I ran across an ad for the Teac GF-350. And I thot, "what a cool concept." So I found one; I got it thru some New York Electronics dealer for just under $300. When it arrived, I was so afraid of it, it sat on my couch for a week. I was afraid to touch it! So finally, one night, I slapped myself silly in the face and decided to give it a shot. I scanned over the operations manual (which is very easy to understand) and I was burning CD's within an hour. Me, Mr. Techno-deprived!

I like the fact that it includes input jacks; that way, I can use my GOOD turntable for burning LP's that I don't wanna keep anymore. I have tons of old garbage 45's that I've bought over the years, and strangely, those old worn discs sound better over the more primitive ceramic cartridge, such as what is on the tone arm of the turntable included in the unit. I've made CD's of '45's, cassettes and albums so far. I don't notice any appreciable lack of treble or bass when I play the CD's back on another unit. But obviously, I'm not that sophisticated, so I probably wouldn't know 'frequency loss' if it bit me viciously in the earlobe.

Look, if someone as thick-skulled as me can operate this thing, there ain't nothin' to be afraid of. Nite after nite, when I'm burning CD's, I'm always thinking, "this little machine is so cooool." I like the option of "manual track increment" for noisy sound sources, as well as the "auto" feature for noiseless sound sources such as cassette. This is an extremely user-friendly little unit. Just cool, and a heck of a value for the money.