Invariably?! Most high end burning software burns DAO default . Just my 2
cents back....most everyone I know burns using disk-at-once; in fact, a good
deal of the people who trade cdrs specify that they will ONLY accept ones made
using this method - the reason being that most people don't want a 2second gap
where it doesn't necessarily belong (VERY annoying if the tracks are supposed
to run together). While burning at a faster rate can make a difference in
readability, my Yamaha has no problems turning out readable cdrs at 4x. Most of
the time, the problem is not the speed at all - it's lousy media or an old
player (and some players just simply do not like certain brands of media). The
only problem I've ever had with players being unable to read my cdrs (all
burned at 4x/DAO) is with cheap media.
Having said that, I would wholeheartedly agree that any company charging prices
like that SHOULD take every precaution and use the best media they can.
Jeremy A.Smith wrote:
quoted 38 lines i had an pretty long post warning people about cductive a few months
> > i had an pretty long post warning people about cductive a few months
> back.
> > they have no idea what theyre doing...it took three trys and a month and
> a
> > half of time to get proper burns of the two cds i ordered (at $23
> apiece).
> > they gave me a 'free' cd to pay be back, but it was as fucked up as the
> > first two pairs they sent me (and was never replaced).
> >
> > someone responded to my post saying that some cds they had bought worked
> in
> > some players but not in others (or only in their cd rom drive or some
> such
> > nonsense) but for the prices cductive are asking, they should play in any
> > kind of player i put them in (for the record, the defective cds i
> received
> > did not play in 5 different cd players, or 2 different cd rom drives).
>
> Just my 2cv...
>
> They're probably burning the CDs at 4-speed, disk-at-once, and although
> disk-at-once is supposed to be red-book audio standard, they invariably
> f--k up. And if disk-at-once wasn't bad enough, 4-speed writing is even
> worse.
>
> If they burned the CDs at 2-speed, they'd probably save about a month per
> CD. :-)
>
> For the record, the CDs I've burned at 2-speed, with a normal close-session
> (2-second gap at the end of each track - not disk-at-once) have played on
> everything I've tried them on - a handheld CD-player, 2 CD-ROM drives, a
> 13-year old CD-player, and I've even lent a few CDs out, and no-one has had
> any trouble playing 'em.
>
> So CDuctive's main concept isn't flawed - successfully-burned CD-R's are
> one of the most reliable things I've used - but their execution is poor.
>
> Jeremy.