Greenwich_Man:pudley:
Greenwich_Man:I have been using my CD recorder to make CD's - it's a Pioneer PDR-609
I did a test with the computer I used Nero to make a copy of a CD
Then I made a copy using my Hi-Fi kit - I took the signal from my Nad CD Player (C541i) using an Ixos digital coax cable - into the Pioneer
The difference was remarkable - my kit won hands down over the computer and Nero.
Is it possible for me to get the same quality from my laptop - if so what software would you use? And would it make a difference if I could slow down the speed that the CD is ripped?
Thanks folks
Slightly off-topic.
The most basic PC CD-ROM is capable of making a perfect copy of a CD, in digital form, on the hard drive, which is subsequently a better transport. A CD recorder is a fairly quant old fashioned thing that will only copy a CD to another. If thats all you want then great...
Sorry I was slightly off topic - I did wonder afterwards if I should have started another thread.
But I don't just use the CD recorder to copy CD's - I use it to make CD's from my vinyl, and from radio concerts I have recorded on my PVR.
What I wanted to know was is there better software that can give me the same quality - clearly the laptop at the moment is not making CD's to the same quality
I like to make CD's because I want to listen through my hifi
Is there a reason you can't simply use the computer attached to the amplifier?
As well as a squeezebox, I also have a 15m optical cable from the SPDIF out on one of my PCs to the input of my external DAC and so on. The sound quality is fabulous.
But as for burning CDs, then I haven#t encountered problems with quality. I use burrrn.