Burning CDs - Fast vs Slow

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I've heard convincing arguments on both sides - but for longevity purposes as well as for good burns (ie no skips or glitches), is it faster = better, or is slow the way to go?

― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Thursday, 26 January 2006 04:07 (twenty years ago)

I don't know about going slow, but I have found that stepping down one notch from fastest reduces the skips and glitches and other fuck-ups by orders of magnitude.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 26 January 2006 13:40 (twenty years ago)

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov04/articles/qa1104-3.htm

― HAKKEBOFFER (eman), Thursday, 26 January 2006 13:43 (twenty years ago)

sometimes i burn slow sometimes i burn quick

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 26 January 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

Well, that's interesting, but I'm just imagining asking whether they have any good-quality blank media specifically designed for low-speed burning at PC World.

The answer is going to be "huh?" isn't it?

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Thursday, 26 January 2006 17:15 (twenty years ago)

http://www.tapecity.co.uk/acatalog/Tape_City_CD_R_Audio_7.html

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 26 January 2006 17:15 (twenty years ago)

Aha. I usually get the JVC ones anyway. My computer doesn't make wonderful-sounding CDs but I guess that's either the software or the computer.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Thursday, 26 January 2006 17:36 (twenty years ago)

or the music.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 26 January 2006 17:36 (twenty years ago)

slow....then fast.

― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 26 January 2006 18:21 (twenty years ago)

then back to slow.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 26 January 2006 18:23 (twenty years ago)

if it's much more pronounced on audio cd's, does it affect mp3 cd's also since theyre compressed media.

― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 26 January 2006 18:48 (twenty years ago)

They have special CD burners to deal with mp3s or audio files of Greek music.

― Pangolino 2, Thursday, 26 January 2006 19:21 (twenty years ago)

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