I useed to burn my cdr's on my Macintosh G4 using Toast. I always thought they sounded pretty good. Not as good as the originals, but close enough. Especially, since I only use the cdr's for my car stereo. I learned to extract the music on to my hard drive, then burn the cd from the hard drive. This process produced superior cdr's than simply alowing the cd burner to read/write in segments. Additionally, the quality of the cdr's differ. The best I've used are Sony, Maxell and Fuji. The worst was Memorex.
However, this year I purchased an Alesis Masterlink 9600 High-Resolution Master Disk Recorder. This hard disk/cdr burner produces Red Book cd's and up to 24-bit/96kHz cd's.
All I can say is that all my favorite cdr's in my car are being replaced using the Alesis ML9600. The sound quality was far superior to the quality of cdr's from my Macintosh G4 computer. Hands down, no comparison and worth every penny. The Alesis Masterlink 9600 can be found new for under $1000.
However, this year I purchased an Alesis Masterlink 9600 High-Resolution Master Disk Recorder. This hard disk/cdr burner produces Red Book cd's and up to 24-bit/96kHz cd's.
All I can say is that all my favorite cdr's in my car are being replaced using the Alesis ML9600. The sound quality was far superior to the quality of cdr's from my Macintosh G4 computer. Hands down, no comparison and worth every penny. The Alesis Masterlink 9600 can be found new for under $1000.