You can make bit-perfect copies on your PC without the sound card being a factor at all if you config your copier correctly. Some will tell you that the quality of the CDR and/or the duping speed will affect sound quality.
difference between CD recorder and PC burner
Has anybody had the chance to compare CDs created with a decent CD recorder and those created with a CD-R with a good sound card on a PC. At some point I will be replacing my Nak cassette deck with either a CD recorder or a CD-R on my computer. If I get a CD recorder, it will have to be a dual well recorder since I don't want to have a CD player and a CD recorder - I like things simple. The other alternative is just buying a better CD player and then buying a CD-R and a good sound card. Whenever I want to record I could just run a cable from the tape out of my receiver over to the sound card of the computer. I will most likely be recording more LPs than CDs, so whichever method I choose should have a good ADC on board. I don't need absolute high end sound (that's why I have scaled down to my Fisher 400 tubed receiver) but I don't want crap either. The CDs would be played only in the car which has a pretty decent sound system (although cassette based at the moment). I would appreciate hearing comments from anybody that has experience with both choices.
Mike
Mike