[Richard Crowley]

"Geoff" wrote ...
Richard Crowley wrote:
Do you convert the file to 44.1k CD format and then burn?

If you don't, you run into problems such as you are hearing.

Not if you use CD Architect. You can use almost any source media (bit
depth, sample rate, wav, mp3, etc) and it automatically converts in the
burn cycle.

Duh. Any application that burns standard Red-Book audio CDs
must convert to 16-bit and 44.1KHz sample-rate. I was not saying
that you MUST convert, I was saying that it is more desirable to
do the conversion before feeding it to the cd burning application.

The problem is that you are at the mercy of whatever conversion
method the writers of the cd burning application chose to use.
In the case of the OP, it apparently wasn't a very good one.

That is why it is better to do whatever conversion yourself before
feeding it to the cd burning application so that you are sure of
how it is being done, and the quality, etc.