i`m wanting to burn my own audio cd`s,
CD-R or CD-RW which is best ?
do i need to set the burn speed ?
is there a particular make of blank cd i should use or are they all the same ?
i`ve done some on CD-RW discs and some tracks aren`t recognised on one stereo, on the car stereo they`re all ok but on another stereo the disc isn`t recognised at all (where other copies i`ve borrowed play fine !)
any advice will be appreciated. banksy.

Burn Audio stuff to CDR and not CDRW, burn it as fast as you like, try not to have any other programs running at the same time until your confident with what you are doing.

thanx for your help. :bouncing:

I'll give you a bit more info...

CD-RW's require a different laser setting to be read by the player. One that most regular CD players just can't produce. That's why some of your players were unable to read them. Newer stand-alone players, most current DVD players, and a lot of the newer car cd-players are now able to read such disc's, but that's only been a relatively recent thing within only the last couple of years now. Unless the documentation for the hardware specifically states it can read CD-RW's, it ain't gonna do it.

Personally, I burn CD-R's at half the full speed of the drive. I just feel that I get better burns that way. I also only use Taiyo Yuden CD-R's. I've found that those play in any player I've got, old and new, portable and not.

What's Taiyo Yuden? A CD-R manufacturer. They are sometimes sold with the brand names of Fuji and Maxell Pro among others, but they are all TY's. It's best to look on the side of packaging to see where they are made. TY's are made in Japan. Almost all other brands - regular Maxell's, TDK, Imation, even some of the newer Fuji's lately and most non-branded packs in places like Office Depot or CompUSA are all made in Taiwan. The actual manufacturer is CMC Magnetics for all of these. Those have always been crap to me - very finicky as to what they will play in. Most Verbatims are made from their own plants and tend to be good. Mitsui Gold is also among the best, but those can mostly only be bought online.

much appreciated - cheers, banksy. :bouncing: