I recentely downloaded some music from my pc to a blank Maxell cd to take away with me, the quality was absolute carp and there was a ticking noise in the background of all the tracks. I have bought very unwisely this time as they were a large pack but I won't be bothering with any more of them.

So what CD's do you rate for burning music to play in your cars etc?

Try reducing the burn rate...I'd be surprised if the quality of the discs was that bad, even cheapy ones don't do that...

Rob.

I just used the cheapest disks I can buy. Usually ticking in the tracks has nothing to do with the cds or their quality, but usually result from badly ripped cds. They may play ok on your computer, but once passed through nero or some other software that needs to convert these files that have errors in them back to cd's again. Once recorded back as a normal CD, these errors are magnified so that you can here them.

I usually buy from here

SVP: DVD-R, DVDR, CD-R, Ink + Paper With Google Checkout

and then I have a look at the 'User' ratings for each product.

The CD section is here

SVP Communications HOME > Blank CDs

The last CDs I bought , pretty recently were

Mr. CDR (52x) 80 Minute CD-R - SVP

These are rated at 5 (strangely) because if you look at the 'reviews' there is only one - and the guy rates them at 9

I've recorded some 10 CDs with these and when playing around 3 of them the Cd will go off and the radio will come on. I'm unsure though whether it is the CDs or the Symphony player acting up.

I bought these to qualify for the 99p delivery option.

'UK Mainland & IOW customers can get their whole order shipped for 99p by buying products in this section.

Choose the Economy Courier delivery option to get the reduced rate.'

Other than that the normal rate is around

I just use the cheapest:D

The best are probably those made by Taiyo Yuden

Imation usually

As above, the ticking is usually caused by whatever encoded the MP3 that you subsequently burnt, or the burn process itself.

Steve

SVP that anonymouse suggests get my vote. You will probably find better quality discs there for less than the ones you bought before!! and they are very good with returns if your not happy.

Dave

Bulk pack Maxell disks are fine for me..

I would agree that it is more likely to be either burning them too fast or the software you encoded with.

SVP that anonymouse suggests get my vote. You will probably find better quality discs there for less than the ones you bought before!! and they are very good with returns if your not happy.

Dave

I posted about them before - outstanding service

I just used the cheapest disks I can buy. Usually ticking in the tracks has nothing to do with the cds or their quality, but usually result from badly ripped cds. They may play ok on your computer, but once passed through nero or some other software that needs to convert these files that have errors in them back to cd's again. Once recorded back as a normal CD, these errors are magnified so that you can here them.

Thanks, I think you've hit the nail on the head. The mp3 files are perfect when played on the computer, I used Nero to rip in audio cd format for use in the fabia stereo.

So what speed should I be ripping at? I will try doing the cd again.

What is the PC's spec and the CD Writers spec?

I would say 8x is a starting point as almost all PC's from the last 4 years can burn at 8x

The spec is embarrassing so I'll try 8, thanks Mark. I've never had this trouble before which is why I thought it was the discs, also been using Nero for ages too :confused:

If it's that bad, try even dropping it down to 4x, i can't think of anything that can't convert MP3 to CDda at 4x

HTH

If it's that bad, try even dropping it down to 4x, i can't think of anything that can convert MP3 to CDda at 4x

Or drop down to 2x and go and find something else to do for half an hour...ah, those were the days...

Rob.

Also, no other file operations when ripping, converting - this can cause 'extraneous' noises

So really what I should do is close everything else down, rip as slowly as possible and vacate the computer room.

Thanks everyone, I'll try this evening as traffic cops is on in a sec so I can go and watch that while it's doing

So really what I should do is close everything else down, rip as slowly as possible and vacate the computer room.

Thanks everyone, I'll try this evening as traffic cops is on in a sec so I can go and watch that while it's doing

Dont fart while its doing it either

That will cause unwanted noise and smells

Or drop down to 2x and go and find something else to do for half an hour...ah, those were the days...

Rob.

or 1x and wait the full hour :P

Retro, do you remember the matsui drives that popped out of the front of the PC and opened up like a shell

Retro, do you remember the matsui drives that popped out of the front of the PC and opened up like a shell

I remember the ones where you had a disk caddy, where you put the disk in the caddy and then slid it into the drive. Mainly 'cos we were forever loosing the bloody caddies...

Is that the ones you mean, or were you working with more exotic stuff?

Rob.

No I had a caddy one too, but the matsui ones the whole 5 1/4" plastic bit popped out and the "lid" sprang up at 45 degrees to allow you to place the disk in.

Personally I think CD's and DVD's should all come in fixed caddies as you wouldn't get so many scratched disks and could just use a cardboard/paper case too.

The CD has been redone using 8, I'm sure I must have left the default speed selector where it was the first time I did it because it's absolutely fine second time round.

Thanks

Guess you stuck your tongue back in 2nd time around - so it was no longer fwightened :P

Good you got it sorted