Marantz DR6050 (2000)
The Marantz DR6050 is a dual-tray CD recorder from the company's Century Series, released in Japan in July 2000 at ¥89,800. The idea was simple. Put a CD player and a CD-R/RW recorder in one chassis, and you can copy CDs digitally without a second machine. The right-hand drawer plays only. The left-hand drawer records or plays back. Recording works drawer-to-drawer or from an external source, and the recorder section uses a die-cast vibration-control mechanism. It handles CD, CD-R, and CD-RW discs for music recording.
The DR6050 was well equipped for its era. The MAKE CD function automates a whole-disc copy - from the start of dubbing through finalization, at double speed. Auto Track Increment detects 2.7 seconds of silence when recording from analog sources. If a source is flagged as digitally copy-prohibited, the unit switches to analog copying on its own, and SCMS is supported. When copying from the internal CD player, CD-TEXT information transfers along with the music, and you can enter or edit album and artist names with the Easy JOG dial. The player section has its own dedicated output terminals, so the unit can work as two independent CD players.
Specifications as documented: frequency response of 20 Hz to 20 kHz; S/N of 100 dB for digital recording/playback and 88 dB for analog recording; dynamic range of 96 dB (digital) and 90 dB (analog); digital inputs accepting 32-48 kHz with automatic sample rate conversion on both coaxial and optical; analog output of 2 Vrms; digital coaxial output of 0.5 Vp-p/75 Ω; finalization taking 2-4 minutes. Power consumption is 20 W. Dimensions are 440 × 87 × 317 mm (W×H×D) and it weighs 4.4 kg.
The record on this model is thin beyond the specifications. No period reviews, user reception data, or production timeline details beyond the July 2000 release have surfaced. A related single-tray model, the DR6000, was sold alongside it, and the DR6050 appears to have been built in Japan. A wireless remote was included. One owner noted their unit "works well although drawer 2" had issues.
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