A home audio CD recorder is a device that connects to your existing audio equipment and can record sound and music from both digital and analog sources. All currently available home audio CD recorders record at 1X or 4X speeds. After you've recorded your own audio CD-R, you can treat the disc as you would any other professionally made CD, playing it on any compatible playback device. For example, you can use your audio CD player, portable CD stereo, car CD player, computer CD or DVD-ROM player, or the CD audio recorder itself. Keep in mind that CD audio players generally do not support multisession discs.
Actual capacity depends on the mode of recording, number of tracks, length of each track, etc.
SCMS prevents the copy from being perfectly duplicated. A digital copy of a digital copy of copyrighted material is not allowed. CD-Rs are among the most durable of recordable media. Unauthorized reproduction of a copyrighted sound recording is generally a copyright infringement. However, the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 grants consumers immunity from lawsuits for copyright infringement for analog and some digital recording.