The software and the format is the most important issue. Unless you want really HD quality. CDs are CDs and Roxio will do a good job of that, but your recordings will be subject to the quality limitations of CDs.
Changing drives could speed up the process and perhaps improve reliability of the drive, but that may not matter unless you plan to produce a lot of CDs. The drive will not change the quality, in general.
I'm getting a Korg MR-1000 so that I can record my LPs at 5.6mHz and then archive them on a separate hard drive (at least after the 40G internal HD starts to fill) and make DVD-A discs for playback on systems other than my main 2-channel system. I'll also use the Korg for some playback and live recording.
If you're just making CDs of downloads, then your current drives and software should work fine.
Dave
Changing drives could speed up the process and perhaps improve reliability of the drive, but that may not matter unless you plan to produce a lot of CDs. The drive will not change the quality, in general.
I'm getting a Korg MR-1000 so that I can record my LPs at 5.6mHz and then archive them on a separate hard drive (at least after the 40G internal HD starts to fill) and make DVD-A discs for playback on systems other than my main 2-channel system. I'll also use the Korg for some playback and live recording.
If you're just making CDs of downloads, then your current drives and software should work fine.
Dave