Cambridge Audio CD4 SE- Upgrade ? CD-R Errors ?

If your CD4-SE had the IEC power cord socket, then try a better power cord first. An $80 Blue Circle BC61 would be a good choice. Even a fatter standard 14-3/14awg cord from the hardware/electrical store would be better.

What kind of music code are you putting of the CDR's?

The burned disks consist of jazz and rock- legally downloaded, I might add, from emusic.com. Any other suggestions ?

Weird, usually cd players do better with slower burn speeds (more burn time spent on each pit). I would first try a friend's burner then go buy a bunch of different cdr brands (mainly try different colors including 'black') and see if your player has a preference. I had a DVD player that would not read blue/green disks. Also make sure you are burning 'audio' discs and not 'data' discs with wav files, that would do the error message thing. You could try a software cd-rom in the cd4 and see if you get the same message.

If I were you I and on a budget, I would add a sub first then maybe go for a Halo amp down the road.

Cheers

Thank you for that suggestion; I have been wondering about cd media quality- are there any brands or types- or even colors- that are generally accepted as offering better sound quality - in comparison to the bulk that you can buy for pennies (or even less) per disk ??