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Hi , nero is considered a very good program.I have also used cd creator 5. You may also want to reconsider your choice of discs. Discs made in japan are far superior to the tai made. They will have long die coating [10 yrs as compared to 2]. TY,mitsui, or fuji that says made in japan are the best.Hope this helps..I do a lot of cdr trading so if you have other questions email off list. Larry

Roxio's latest version of "Creator", Creator 7, is the one to own. It offers excellent flexibility for a wide variety of disk types, and it's easy to use as well.

I have had great success with Nero since day one. I have found tremendously variable reflectivity issues with some very inexpensive cd-rs. I have one CD player that is very tempermental about poor reflectivity discs and I use it as my benchmark for buy cd-r's. Right now my fav is Sony at $20 for 50 at Best Buy. I have never had a problem with them. I also had good luck with Maxell's but have not used them in a while. Ocasional problems with reading Memorex on my "test" player. My Yamaha 24x10x40 burner was a big upgrade over my Ricoh, but burning speed is more like 6-8 times total start to finish when doing 8-10 wav songs. Fast enough.
Jim Tavegia