Do CD-R's sound the same as originals

Centurymantra - your post focuses a lot on the transmission / reception of digital data to the DAC, and how the DAC processes it, etc. I'm not clear from reading it if you're suggesting that these problems are accentuated by using a CDR vs. the original CD, or you're just augmenting the general discussion of why people using different equipment might hear different results.

If you are suggesting that these other issues are affected by the use of a CDR vs. an original CD, to what do you attribute the effects? Something other than the CDR having different contents than the original CD?

I have found that RealJukebox Plus is perfect for creating bit-perfect images of audio CDs on a computer and it takes about 15 minutes plus 8 minutes for each additional copy I want.

Ktomas, I echo your question precisely. Centurymantra's post raises some interesting issues but it is not clear to me whether he is implying that the time-delays occur when a player reads a CD-R which is an exact digital replica (1s and 0s) of the original CD. Or whether there is something else involved here.