Despite all the huffing and puffing over copy protection, making your own audio and video recordings is easier than ever. And for audio in particular, recording quality is also better than ever. The tough part is sorting through all the alternatives — a task we’ll strive to simplify here.

Audio Hard-Disk Recorders
Audio CD Recorders
Mini-Disk Recorders
Video Hard-Disk Recorders

* Listings compiled by Peter Pachal