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Is 1x Burn Speed Of CD-Rs Possible?

judakubassek

judakubassek

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Jun 10, 2008
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I want to burn my audio CD-Rs at 1x speed for the best results. I've just bought the LGBE06LU10 burner (because the iMac 24s cannot burn any slower than 8x speed) and updated the firmware to YE05. However, I can't force it to burn any slower than 4x. Is there any way of doing this?
 
I've had issues with older CD players not being able to play CD-Rs recorded at 4x. I need to go slower.
 
I use Verbatim CD-Rs - apparently they are on the top 3 list of recordable media.
 
I've had problems with Verbatim before, I use Sony and have never had issues.
 
So is there no way to force a burner to slow down - no hacks or firmware flashes, or otherwise?
 
Juda said:
What about Win XP Pro?
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No clue, possibly using something, but there are very few drives out there that even support 1x. Just because it is a slow as possible doesn't make it the highest quality. Things have improved over the years ...
 
r.j.s said:
I've had problems with Verbatim before, I use Sony and have never had issues.
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I've had problems with Sony CD longevity. I store my disks carefully, but my 8-10 year old Sony disks are now failing (multiple production batches), but the Verbatim are still without errors.
 
slothrob said:
I've had problems with Sony CD longevity. I store my disks carefully, but my 8-10 year old Sony disks are now failing (multiple production batches), but the Verbatim are still without errors.
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From my research, the only thing Sony does to their CD-Rs is add their name. The actual CD-Rs are manufactured by somebody else. Apparently, they are one of a whole lot of manufacturers who do the same thing, except for Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden, and one other one I can't recall. Those three make their own CDs, and therefore give the best results.

Maybe I should give Taiyo Yuden a try. They are the ones who actually invented CD-Rs.
 
I think you are the only person in the universe who wants to burn at 1x speed. If I could burn a CD in 1 second that would still be to slow for me...:p

But seriously, I have never heard of any 1x writers, perhaps you can find one from 1990 that does.

UPDATE
Oh, I get it now, you are pulling a Joaquin Phoenix on us, pretending you are serious...:) Dang, why am I so gullible?
 
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