Mp3

[redliner1 10+ year member]

Does burn speed matter on an Mp3 disk. On my other cd's I burn at 4x. Just got an mp3 deck. So far I can't tell the sound difference at any speed. 2x,4x,8x,12x- can't tell the difference at all. Opinions please. later

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[evo2k3 10+ year member]

no....your not going to notice....the quality is not there anyways (unless your looking at higher bit rates such as 190-320) if you are, than you might notice the difference.

 

[redliner1 10+ year member]

Thanks, I can tell the difference in bit rates. It seems that people are also concerned with burn speed. I don't see why.

 

[DiB 10+ year member]

Burn speed just writes the data faster. So the faster your burn speed, the quicker your cd will finish burning.

 

[eengrms 10+ year member]

Originally posted by DiB ...the faster your burn speed, the quicker your cd will finish burning.

DUH.

Burn speed can have an effect on quality. The faster you burn, the more likely you are to incorporate pops, clicks, and other weird sounds in with the CD. That is though, if you have a crappy burner. If you get a Plextor, or something of quality, you won't have that problem. I have a 40X Plextor and write all my CD's, whether they're audio, data, or MP3, at 40X and haven't had a problem with a single one. I used to own a crappy Digital Research 24X writer and had to back the speed all the way down to 16X just to get a clean burn. So yes to answer the first guys question, burn speed can have an effect on audible quality, regardless of the bitrate you are burning. It also has to do with your computer's quality, I have a P4 2.0Ghz, so I am able to burn at 40X reliably, but it didn't seem to help me with the Digital Research.

 

[redliner1 10+ year member]

Thanks for all of the input guys.