I don't know the reason. I have no knowledge of this unit, but 52X is at the
mechanical limits of the CD medium, with rotation speeds that can cause
catastrphic disc failure. TGhe discs can burst apart at this speed,
destroying the writer. Maybe Sony is playing with figures, but wants to
protect you from yourself
--
Graham Mayor
Jay wrote:
I think you;ve hit on it exactly. I just came back from the store
with two new kinds of media, TDK & Memorex, both rated at 52x. I've
done two 52x burns (one on each media) and both discs came out ok.
I'll keep my fingers crossed.
One follow up question. This Sony burner says that it defaults to 40x
each time you insert a blank CD-R. If you want to engage what they
call their "turbo" speed system, you hold the Eject button for 5
seconds. The unit switches to 52x mode for that time only. As soon as
you eject you've rest to 40x. It seemed to work as advertised, but is
it odd to have to request maximum speed each time rather than having
the unit adjust itself (in Roxio it shows "Optimal".
Jay
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
When dealing with audio, what you are experiencing is normal. Audio
copies work more by good luck than good management and media
compatibility can be crucial with fussy hardware. If it works at 12x
then record at 12X. To get a faster speed, you will have to wait
until media technology catches up with the hardware - and even then
there will be an optimum speed for a given writer/medium combination.
--
Graham Mayor
Jay wrote:
I have a Sony 8 x burner in my system and it has always worked
fine..my audio cd's play in all my players with no problems. I just
added a second burner, another Sony (CRX225A) which is 52 v 24 x 52.
The fastest media I could find was Sony rated at 42x (or 48x...I
can't remember which). About 1 cd in 3 comes out with an error. It
seems to record fine, and the first 20 cuts play fine, but towards
the end of the side the player just locks up and gives an error
message. This happens at the identical point on any player,
including either of my burners.
I just went back and redid one of them at 12x and it recorded fine
(on older 24 x media). I had no luck slowing down the burn to 40 or
16 however. I have applied the XP patch and Easy CD Creator patches
and updates. I don't know where else to look.
Jay
"SPS22" wrote in message
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"Dave Cohen" wrote in message
ws.com...
Another suggestion, take the most problematic media you have and
visit a Best Buy or similar, you shouldn't have a problem finding
running units on which you can test, I doubt salespeople would
object. Lie a little, tell them you're looking to purchase and
want to be sure etc. You might even be telling the truth
depending on
what you find.
Dave Cohen
I took back the boom box. I took bunch of offending CD-R's and
played on a variety of boomboxes. They played fine on all of them.
This means that this model of JVC was screwed up, or maybe just
this piece. Anyways, I got a philipps boombox. Sound is as good
as boomboxes go.
It plays CD-R's well. But the other suggestions from the group
were helpful and I am going to use them as I go along.
Thanks.
-Surinder