Hi someone told me that burning at a lower speed is better. They say
that music cd's are clearer and data cd's last longer and less errors.
Is it true?
My cd can burn upto 52x if I do I can easily play cd's in my car, but
is the qulity really better if I would burn at 8x? Will data cd's
really last longer at 8x and be more reliable? I usually burn at the
max speed of the cd or let nero figure out the optimum speed, I do not
overburn.
To me I see digital as 0's & 1's, therefore how can a 0 or 1 be better
at different speeds.
Please respond, just wondering if it is worth having a fast burner if
the quality is not as good.
Just worried that if I do burn at fast speeds I will not be able to
get to some cd's in the futre eg pictures.
Thanks in advance

sal wrote:
Used to be some merit in that but not about clarity in sound or
longevity, simply in lack of write errors due to the buffer not
keeping up with the writing. Now most drives/software have "burn
proof" so as long as you can burn fast without errors there should be
no difference.
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Not to disillusion you but about the fastest it will actually burn is
28-30x overall. The "52x" is only reached - if at all - on the very
outer track which has a higher velocity.

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The advantages of burning at lower speeds is less chance of buffer underruns and better compatibility. Although using speed lower than the ratings of the drive and media might be better, there is no need to burn at 8X. I use a 52X drive and 48X media and burn at 32X. This allows my old stereo CD player to read almost to the edge of the disk (the servo will go only to 76 minutes), which I can't do when burning at 52X. If your CD player will read CDs that are burned at maximum speed you won't hear any difference when they are burned at lower speeds. If a player has trouble reading the disk it will usually misstrack rather than track correctly and play poor sound.

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"dadiOH" <dadiOH@x-mail.net> wrote in message
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I agree about sound clarity and how long data lasts, but high speed burning
can still cause other problems here and there - even with modern 'burn
protection'. One main thing to watch out for is incompatibility issues. I've
found now and again that a disc I've burnt at high speed will be refused by
a car stereo, I go back and burn at a lower speed...bingo, it works. I've
also found it to be the case with back-ups of PC games, they sometimes won't
install or something on first go, if at all...burn it slower and it's
miraculously 'fixed'.

I would suggest to the OP though, that there is middle ground...it doesn't
have to be at either end of the spectrum....burning a bit slower can help
you avoid the rare problem, but that doesn't have to mean 8x speed all the
time. I personally stick to 12x as I don't have to burn many discs....but if
I were burning often, I'd go a bit faster.