ouviously real cd's on my system sound much better but im wondering if u guys notice a diff when u record on diff cd-r's im tlaking about MP3's into your aftermarket HU.....
im currently using Memorex CD-R's im not getting the kind of quality i want out of it......
or all they all the same crap??

thanks

 

They are all the same since it's digital audio. The quality of the music would be affected by the quality of the mp3 or whatever source was burned onto the cd. Try to always use mp3's with a bitrate quality of 192 or better. That is "cd quality."

 

:iagree;

A 1 is a 1, a 0 is a 0. And that's all there is to digital.

 

Actually, you'll find Memorex to be near the top of the quality list for CDRs. If you have crappy sound, it's either the player or the recording. Some cheaper MP3 players cheat a bit at the higher bitrates, so sound quality suffers.

 

alpine 9815......and i think its the mp3's im recording cause some sound good, and some sound so so...

 

Years ago CD burner manufacturers optimized their units to record on "their" brand of CD's, and using other brands sometimes caused burns with more errors or even CD's that would "fade" over time and become unreadable months later. I think most of those problems are in the past, but it's possible you could be having the same type of issue.

I had trouble buring MP3's when I first started. I'd end up with some CD's that had "jingling" sounds in the background that were very annoying. Changing MP3 burning software fixed that problem. I don't remember what I was using that was troublesome, but lately I've been using MusicMatch with no issues.

I used to burn MP3's at 128k, but now I do WMA at 64k. Maybe some of the youngsters with $5k stereo systems can tell the difference between 128 and 192 (while sitting in the driveway). But I don't think there's much detectable difference in a car with 80-90db of background noise, and having 25 albums per disc is just too handy.

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i use TDK's there cheap just buy them in bulk like in packs of 50-100 they hold 80 minutes 700mbs there always on sale......don't use memorex because the cd says you can burn up to 80minutes but when you do, the first 10 seconds of every song is cut off......so for memorex and for TDK

 

You'll eventually get what you pay for with TDK, so caveat emptor

If you're losing 10 seconds of a song, it is NOT the CD (why people don't understand/believe it's the recording software/hardware and not the CD is beyond me). Except for the ocassional manufacturer screwup, a CD will accept the data burned into it by the recorder... how long that data lasts is up to the CD.

I use Roxio CD Creator, but have wanted to change for a long time. It gives me fits once in a blue moon (newer versions are much better), even giving me only 2 seconds of the first song on the CD before jumping to the next. In that case, it's the software. In other cases, I received a series of high bit errors... the playing hardware was able to cover it up due to the redundancy bits, but my software showed an abnormally high rate of errors. This was tracked down to the recording hardware (i.e., sucky Imation recorder, thrown directly into trash).

The worst hardware I've ever used is Imation (and their tech support was EXTREMELY rude and nasty, to the point of me demanding speaking to a manager's manager). Their CDs are middle of the road, at best, but I pick them up for cheap in cool colors, so I use them strictly for music, no data.

 

on the contrare buy some memorex's and try em.........even my friends had the exact same problem, i thought it was just me but its not.......and what bitrate are your songs s2kdarren because 192bitrate is the same quality of cd's

 

the bitrates vary on the song.. some songs are good, some are so so.....
depends...