Yamaha has remained synonymous with audio quality for over 100 years. From the incredible acoustics of their grand pianos to the cinema quality surround sound experience channeled through one of their award-winning A/V receivers. Continuing in this tradition of audio excellence, Yamaha delivers the exclusive Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording System, one more reason that the CRW-F1 series is the Ultimate CD Recorder! When Advanced Audio Master Recording Mode is enabled, the system widens the lands and the pits during recording, significantly reducing jitter and improving audio and music recording quality to a level rivaling professionally prepared music CDs. Similar to VCR recorders that can record video at SP or LP modes, delivering the best picture quality through the SP mode or the longest recording time using the LP mode, Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording mode allows users to record CDs at the best (SP) quality possible. In fact, using Advanced Audio Master, Yamaha CRW-F1 Series CD recorders reduce jitter levels by up to 30%, drastically improving recording quality.

"The Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording System is designed to get the best possible performance from your audio recordings," states Allen H. Gharapetian, general manager, Yamaha Multimedia Products Division. "This feature is for the audiophile as well as the consumer on a modest budget and will benefit every consumer whether they spend fifty or five hundred dollars on a sound system."

In addition, CDs recorded using the new Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording deliver superior durability and longer life, especially for recorded discs used or stored under extreme conditions. This enhanced durability can extend the life of a CD-R disc up to 350%.

Compared to the existing Advanced Audio Master Recording mode, the new Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording System provides the following enhancements:

* Added support for 1X, 4X, and 8X recording speeds

* Automatic speed selection for Audio Master recording based on CD-R quality

* Added support for 90 & 99 Minute CD-R discs

Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording System represents another leap forward in CD-R technology for Yamaha, the company which created the very first consumer CD-R recorder back in 1988 originally for professional musicians.

For more information, visit http://www.yamahamultimedia.com where eight press releases will unfold to tell Yamaha CRW-F1's story. The Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording System is the third installment; the remaining five releases will be posted every Monday and Thursday for the next three weeks. Each release will detail a different outstanding feature of the industry's finest CD-R series and show why the CRW-F1 is The Ultimate CD Recorder.