Hi Everyone

Great site and forum.

I've read a lot of what's written, but wonder if someone can advise me.

I'm having problems gettign decent quality recordings. I have a sneaky suspicion it's a media issue (the only real success I have had was with a Sony Disc, I just bought some TDK's and have the same problem). I am running a Samsung 8x8x32 (not Burnproof) that came with my PC. I have tried burning MP3 and WAV and get the same problem - a lot of crackle, pops, sometimes the resulting disc won't play anywhere at ALL, sometimes it will play on my PC CD but not anywhere else. Putting aside whether or not my old faithful Marantz CD75II-SE from 1988 is CD-R compatible (it shouldn't be, but it plays the Sony disc no problem, what is going on here - I'm going through blank discs like toilet tissue ! The problem happens less when I backup an audio cd from one drive to another. I have used Nero and Easy CD, and get the same problem (though the program says all is well).

Does this sound like a finicky burner to you guys ? - should I just get myself a selection of Sony and Verbatim discs and keep on playing the percentages ? I can't believe it's this complicated - dodgy technology or what !!

Please help - before I just replace the drive and find I have the same problem with my shiny new burner !!! [expensive ouch]

did you install your drive?

i had a similar problem, check how your drive is installed. im supousing you have a cd-rom a hd and you burner, you should install your hd as primary master, the cd rom as primary slave and the burner as secondary master, because transfering files from one drive to another cause a lot of traffic in the bus, so try to let the burner on a separate bus

(in reply to Miraboy)