Advice needed on best CD-RW drive for audio recording

[bidzina]

A friend of mine is going to buy a CD-RW drive for mostly audio recording for his home studio and asked me if I can recommend an particular drive. I know that some drives have better audio extraction and recording specs than others. If anybody can share his/her experiences in this area much appreciated. Basically, if anybody can recommend any particular recorder.

Thanks.
bidzina

 

[hclarkjr]

i will get blasted for this but i am happy with my SONY 40X12X48, i can burn a full audio CD in 3 minutes flat that sounds like it come from the store plus the SONY doesn't cost as much as say TDK and plextor. i recommend SONY

 

[Bucksnort]

I've had sony and 2 plextors. Both are good drives, plextor is generally regarded as the premier drive.

 

[Don66]

I'll cast my vote for Yamaha's audio mastering.
Makes great sounding audio disks...

 

[bjc112]

Lite-ON

I'm betting you can't tell the difference between burners..

Get some good quality media... and Burnnnnnnnnn away...

 

[bigempty]

Originally posted by: hclarkjr
i will get blasted for this but i am happy with my SONY 40X12X48, i can burn a full audio CD in 3 minutes flat that sounds like it come from the store plus the SONY doesn't cost as much as say TDK and plextor. i recommend SONY

That's, because the 40x Sony's are LiteOns.....

 

[Biggs]

EAC Tutorial

and

Drive offsets database

 

[bidzina]

Thanks for the replies. Just wanted to mention that my friend has a semi-professional audio studio and audio recording quality matters a lot.

Thanks Biggs for the very interesting sites.

Bidzina

 

[hclarkjr]

bigempty, what proof have you of the statement that all sony's are liteon?

 

[nortexoid]

another for the yamaha

 

[FishTankX]

YAMAHA YAMAHA YAMAHA!!!

Heh, there's a reason for that. Their CDRW drives have a special ability to record "Audio master" CD's, which are of superior quality to Burned CD's, and in some situations, even pressed CD's!

They do this, by writing the pits and mounds longer than you would see on a normal CD burner, and even on a pressed disc, but still applying to redbook audio standards. The result, is like a bigger font. Easier for all to read. And thus, clearer signal, better for the DAC.

Get the CRW-F1. It's 170$. It can also write laser logos on the back of the disc with the left over data area. Imagine the name of the album compilation right there on the back of the disc!
It writes at 44X and rewrites at 24X Q!!!)

By far, the most important thing about this burner, is the fact that it can burn audio masters. These are guaranteed to work anywhere, any time, and have superior sound quality to regular CD-R's and possibly even pressed discs!!

 

[bidzina]

Does anybody have any experience with the following drives:

Asus 2410A or 3212A?

or

NEC 9100A?

or

Acer 24x10x40?