cd burns at 8x rather than 24x

[2ms]

My CD burning always seems to go at 8x instead of 24x. These CDRs are a few years old (ie they may not be rated 24x), but they are in perfect condition and are Tayo Yuden (top quality). Why's it not going faster?

 

[Eraserhead]

My April 2001 could burn CD-R's at about 10x, so I'd have thought that 24x was reached ages ago...

 

[Nermal]

This is going to sound really obvious... it sounds like they're 8x discs.

 

[2ms]

What's the difference? What makes them 8x instead of 24x?

 

[Eraserhead]

What's the difference? What makes them 8x instead of 24x?

they aren't manufactured to the same standard.

 

[iW00t]

What's the difference? What makes them 8x instead of 24x?

The speed of the discs are actually encoded somewhere on the discs so the burner knows.