Re: [ARSCLIST] CD writing speed

[Lou Judson <loujudson@xxxxxxx>]

Here's a question I've been thinking about since attending a mix 
session at a local major studio. I don't know if it applies in quite 
the same way to PC as we only use Macs in audio ("we" being everybody I 
know personally and professionally)... I usually use 16x as the burn 
speed, and Toast for Macs has an option called "best" - I had not used 
it before as it displays a remaining time but takes significantly 
longer than the time shown, which made me think it doesn't know what is 
"best" at all... Yet the engineer at the studio said he always uses the 
"best" setting as he thinhks it uses whatever is the optimum burn speed 
for the burner and the media. I wonder if he is right - does anyone 
here know, or is anyone on this list even using Macs and Toast?

Basically I am curious what  is "the fastest optimum speed" and how do 
you know it is??

I get excellent results at 16x and may just keep using it...

Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689

On Jan 22, 2006, at 4:29 AM, Tom Fine wrote:

> As I understand it, and I might be wrong but I've read this in several 
> different places, modern media is optimized for faster burn speeds. I 
> think 8x or 16x is often mentioned. I use Plextor dirves and have them 
> set to use the fastest optimum speed.