on-the-fly copies of audio cds

[iannus]

is it possible to make near-perfect on-the-fly copies of audio cds using the latest 24x cd-recorders?
is it important to choose a good cd-drive for the job? which atapi cd-drive would be the best choice for this application? is it maybe better to choose a dvd drive for the job?
thanks.

 

[AndyHui]

To perform an on-the-fly copy of CD Audio, your source drive must be able to do a Digital Audio Extraction at twice the speed of the burn, and you must have each drive on separate channels.

To burn with minimal problems, this means that you need to look for a source drive...DVD ROM/CDROM/CDRW/whatever that has a DAE of close to 40x if you want to burn at the full 24x.

 

[Radboy]

aqui

 

[Om]

I dont know why but I've found an audio burn over 8X gives unexpected results from time to time. After a handful of weird little problems that you don't find out about until you listen all the way thru I just burn audio at the slower speed to be save.

 

[artemedes]

I have a 24x liteon, and have been making alot of copies of my audio cds lately (to add cd-text for cd changer on stereo).

While I have successfully made one the fly copies using nero and an liteon 16x DVD drive as the reader, I have found that I
get much more consistent and more pleasing results by using EAC.

I first make an image of the audio cd. This also is the step where the cd-text info is added to the songs.

Then I use EAC to burn the image. (Tools ->Write CDR -> load image)

Total time is usually around 7 min to do everything. My computer will burn great with eac and the liteon at 24x and never uses burn-proof.


It is possible to make successful copies with an subpar reader, but if burn proof kicks in, it could actually take longer than making an image
on the hard drive and burning the image.


Any way, the main reason for using EAC is for the Quality. I get perfect copies with this method and fast. I don't have to worry about the
occaisional pop or odd sound that would come in about 1 in 5 audio cds I would burn on the fly.

EAC always does a superb job for me and it is free.

 

[Bulldog7000]

EAC ? Who makes it and what does it stand for???

BDOG

EDIT: Nevermind, I found it and will try it out. Thanks

 

[Patryn]

EAC stands for Exact Audio Copy. It is a very good program, especially if you're ripping cd's. http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ is the page for it.

I also personally love Feurio! for burning cds. http://www.feurio.com/ It's an audio only burning program which works great. Using either of these two will give you good results.

 

[smp]

EAC is the only way to go if you want to do true DAE.

"To burn with minimal problems, this means that you need to look for a source drive...DVD ROM/CDROM/CDRW/whatever that has a DAE of close to 40x if you want to burn at the full 24x. "

The fastest DAE that I know is the plextor SCSI CD-ROM that does about 40 or just under. I don't know of any other drives that can do 40x DAE. (at least, accurately)