burning speed for audio cds

[sonicman]

hi there,

is it true that its better to write audio cds at the lower speed possible, regarding jitter & better burn??

till know with my old plextor i was writing at X4 all my audio cds & i was pretty happy with the results. but know my new dvdr NEC nd3540 the lower cd writing speed it has is X8.

is this a serious problem for writing quality audio cds? should i try to find a dvdr with a X4 cd writing speed?

any advice will be really appreciated!!

[dodecahedron]

why don't you try one at 8x and see how you like the result ?

it is getting more and more difficult to find drives that burn very slowly.

[hoxlund]

no drive built within the last 2 years is going to burn cds at 4x by default you'll have to tell the software program before you start burning to burn that slow

i usually do my audio cds at 16x in my plextor 716 drive with TY media

[SkaarjMaster]

I burn my audio CDs at 8X using TY media and my Lite-On LDW-851S DVD burner, so that I have a better chance of them playing in my car CD player. I don't label them with label makers either anymore. All this is per advice in this forum. I'm sure I could burn them at 16X without any problems, but I'll just stick with 8X for audio CDs for now. Based on this, I would have to say to not worry about burning at 8X on your NEC.

[MediumRare]

I burn my audio CD's at 32x or higher and have never had compatiblity problems.

Mind you, I use quality media (usually Verbatim DataLifePlus). Also, I don't have a CD-player in my car, but all discs I've tried in the rental cars I get for business trips have worked just fine.

G

[dodecahedron]

I burn my audio CD's at 32x or higher and have never had compatiblity problems.

what's "and higher" ?

[MediumRare]

I burn my audio CD's at 32x or higher and have never had compatiblity problems.

what's "and higher" ?

Mostly I use 40x, sometimes 48x (max on my LTR-48245S), almost never slower than 32x. BTW, I scan all burns with KProbe and seldom have C1-average > 0.5 with Verbatim DLP.

G

[Scour]

Hello!

I burned all Audio-CDs with the max. speed that the writer can go (up to 52x) and had never problems with the quality.

Sometimes it´s more important to use a lower speed when reading

[pranav81]

I normally burn them at 52X on LG burner on Sony CD-R's.Never had any problems.


::Pranav::

[SkaarjMaster]

I've changed my strategy a bit lately. My default burn speed for music is now 16X with burning at 8X if music is close to or over 80 minutes.

[bicomputational]

I burn at max speed with a Plextor Premium, a Plextor 716 and a Lite-On
52327 with average c1 of .5 using Ty media and 1.5 using Sony media -
no c2. I spot check jitter and have never had any problem. I did tests at
16x and saw no real difference - try burns at different speeds and see if it
matters in your set-up with your media.

[SkaarjMaster]

I'm sticking with 16X and 8X for now, so the music has a better chance of playing in my car stereo.