In my experience, burned disks are NOT as good as commercial disks, but I wouldn't really expect them to be. I've also noticed that the brand of media DOES matter, and can mean the difference between playing well, and not at all. I've also noticed that some players work better than others, and some don't like certain brands. It's a crap shoot really. Some cheap stuff works great, some not at all. The only thing I can say for sure is that Maxell has worked well for me all around, but can cost a little more.
Paul On 3/6/04 11:47 PM, "Frank Cornew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm new to burning optical media. Instead of going for an expansion > bay unit, I got a lacie external firewire burner last fall which > contains a liteon mechanism. The audio disks it produces under the > latest and greatest itunes and panther skip in my car player when I > hit a bump in the road or the bass player starts ripping. Commercial > disks do not. Am recommending that itunes burn at the slowest speed > possible, and, since it takes a while I am assuming it is. > > This unit shipped with Toast lite, which seems to produce more > reliable disks when slow burns (1x,2x,4x) are selected. Is this > possible or is it just a figment of my imagination? All lacie support > will tell me is to use toast. > > Is the quality of the blank media to blame? Have seen some discussion > regarding durability/reliability of optical media in this forum. > > In general, should the audio disks produced by a burner be on par > with commercial audio CDs? -- Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. -Ronald Reagan -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
