Sound quality from imac G5 internal CD burner

[Rantipole]

I just burned my first couple music CDs on my iMac G5. I used mostly AAC 128 and MP3 192 sound files. The resulting sound quality was a little flat, compared to what I was used to before.

I checked the preference in iTunes, and saw that the preferred speed for burning was set for "maximum possible". If I set it to a slower speed like 4x, do you think that will improve the sound quality?

 

[AllieNeko]

No, you're talking digital data. The burner doesn't affect quality at all, including the burning speed. The encoding and decoding software does, especially at such low bitrates as you're using

 

[Rantipole]

Digital: that's what I would have thought. What was happening didn't make sense. But I thought perhaps if the burning process was going "too fast", there might be a few bits left behind.

Bitrates: I've burned 192 MP3s before, and did not think it sounded this bad.

But... *embarassed* ... I'm wondering if it has been a while since I've listened to a burned CD on my home stereo. I usually burn these to play in a boom box or for party mixes to be played on other people's (lesser) stereos. Maybe my home stereo is better than I thought. Sorry to bother everyone with this before testing it out a bit more.

 

[Mertzen]

the only thing slower burning speed will ensure is compatibility with some older players .. but the sound will be the same ..

I myself never burn a CD over 16x .. the little gain in speed is just not worth it ..