Digital recording

[Thomas Rupolo <TRUPOLO@rizzoliusa.com>]

For years I've been recording my Echoplex loops straight to cassette.
I'm looking to upgrade in sound quality so I can make better copies.  I
was wondering if anyone has tried mini-discs for this?  Or how about the
relatively inexpensive stand-alone CD burners? (They're running for
about $500 these days)  I'm still trying to keep my PC far away from my
music equipment, but I am considering buying a new PC and adding a CD
burner.

I have heard that you can only make 7 copies of a mini-disc master (to
prevent bootlegging), and I think I heard the same about CD burners.
This would kill my plan for making a master demo and copying it to
cassettes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!