I get a "clicking" on some of my burnt CD's, why?

It shouldn't be the cd rom.

try Exact audio copy, burn at a low speed, somewhere around 4 or 8x, and you shouldn't have any problems.

the cool thing about EAC is that if there are any errors in the extraction process it will tell you before you burn the disc and create another coaster!

here's a good explanation of clicking:

http://www.mrichter.com/cdr/primer/primer.htm

I have this 'clicking' on plenty of older cd's, mostly cheap brands and used for a few years intensively. So that clicking would be in indication that you are using cheaper brands with a bad coating and that you maybe talking about some older copies... it's annoying, but the cd is screwed.

Most of the CD player's do not handle the disks well if they are burned at high speed. If you have problem burning at 4x go down to 2x. Do not burn at 8x or higher, that's where the problem crops up. EAC as suggested is a very good option and is the best ripper around, the only downside to it is that is is slow because it reads data twice, once when it is ripping and next it compares the ripped one with the new data, when both are same it does not give the error otherwise it comes up with errors.

Cheap disks in bulk are also not the best thing to use for audio burning, for data they may be OK. Try to use good ones brands like Verbatim, TDK, Ricoh, and the best of all, Taiyo Yuden disks.

Hope you solve your problem.

Happy burning!

Burn as slowly as you can, even the el cheapo burner that came with your computer probably has a setting to let you choose burning speed. From 12X and UNDER, all my clicking sound went away. Works for me anyway. If you are more patient, 4X is the way to go. I agree that Exact Audio copy is very good. Many manufacturers use it for demos at CES... if somewhat more complicated to operate than most other software.

Good luck!