hmm....good point. I mean, 275 dollars is not that much in the grand scheme of things.

Thanks for those wise words man

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The CDRs for mp3 is a stupid marketing ploy to make more money.

I don't waste my time worrying about the sound quality. If you do a good initial rip and use a decent bit rate above 128, you'll do fine. Besides in a couple of years you won't be listening to most of the tunes you have now. Its just music, so relax and enjoy it.

I'm probably dating myself, but I remember this same quality debate about which cassettes you should buy in order to truly enjoy the music. Now this technology is obsolete and I've tossed both my cheap and expensive cassette tapes. I also remember when CDs first came out; audiophiles complained that the digital process didn't accurately reproduce the music. IMHOP ppl have too much time on their hands to worry about such things.

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Originally posted by Ray_Finkle Whoa man, Don't normalize the tracks! Just to reiterate the points made above, if you are experiancing quietness on your burnt cds, it may be one of the following: 1)overall crappyness of the mp3. If you are ripping your cds to mp3, please for the love of God Download EAC ( http://www.exactaudiocopy.de). use this guide to set it up---> http://www.ping.be/satcp/eac00.htm. This will guarentee you FLAWLESS rips if you rip in secure mode. Then Download a program called LAME-----> http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/ and set it so you rip with this command line --alt-preset standard. This is the best compromise between size and quality in the VBR (Variable Bit Rate) formats. 2) Do you use winamp? If so, do you use the equalizer in winamp? This will also throw your sound files off when you burn a cd. you want to know how to fix this problem? Don't use Winamp Equalizer. You don't need to. Trust me. If anyone wants me to make up a guide on how to properly rip MP3s, I would gladly do it. Oh and sorry for my negative tone in my previous post. I have had a bad day. You would be pissed off to when you find out you may have lost 275 dollars

Don't even botehr doing it. It's at http://www.r3mix.net/

yeah good point. I forgot about that website.

Plus, that website will show you graphical data on exactly how much better VBR files are than shitty 128 or 192 bit files

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Originally posted by Ray_Finkle hmm....good point. I mean, 275 dollars is not that much in the grand scheme of things. Thanks for those wise words man

*high five*

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Hey people,i wanna asak a question.
Which is the best layer colour to record to?
I mean verbatim's got blue layer and i've had some small problems wth other layers.
Any suggestions?
Greetz

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2) Do you use winamp? If so, do you use the equalizer in winamp? This will also throw your sound files off when you burn a cd. you want to know how to fix this problem? Don't use Winamp Equalizer. You don't need to. Trust me.

Are you sure this will affect the way a program burns an mp3 to a cd?
What happens if you have Winamp close during the burning operation?

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Originally posted by Dj DoomForce Hey people,i wanna asak a question. Which is the best layer colour to record to? I mean verbatim's got blue layer and i've had some small problems wth other layers. Any suggestions? Greetz

Haven't seen any difference my self but theoretically the darker the better. That's why there's this hype around the black media which is the most expensive.

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Originally posted by Stanza Are you sure this will affect the way a program burns an mp3 to a cd? What happens if you have Winamp close during the burning operation?

I'm just saying this because if he is used to hearing a song that has been EQ'ed, then it will sound different when he hears it on his system.

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Originally posted by Dj DoomForce Hey people,i wanna asak a question. Which is the best layer colour to record to? I mean verbatim's got blue layer and i've had some small problems wth other layers. Any suggestions? Greetz

The BEST CD recording layer colour to record to is GOLD. Kodak and Mitsui has some Gold CD-Rs available (Kodak with their Infoguard protection is GREAT!) so, get those!