Burning CD from I-Tunes

I have found that even if I select 1x as "preferred" speed, it still burns in fairly short order. Why is that?

I am burning at the "fastest rate possible" selection. Again, in view of this, is 30 minutes burn-time reasonable for just over 1 hour of music? Thanx.

is burning the songs the same quality as buying the original discs.

Flyin2jz if I am not mistaken when you download songs from the itunes they come in mp3 format, not what you want. MP3 quality is terrible at best!!!

The answer to your question is no. If it is taking you 1/2 hour to burn 1 hour of music something is not right. When I am burning a cd in ITunes I can watch the burn speed and it is usually at least 8X speed. (1 hour cd would burn in about 7-8 minutes) Make sure you have the latest version of ITunes and all "advanced preferences" are set appropriately. Also, make sure you are not downloading the latest "Pirates of the Carribean" while you are burning, could slow things up. Is your computer bogging down on other applications?