HI, I have been burning my own cd's still, so I went out and bought another Liteon Cd writer. LO and behold, I went to burn a CD and it only went as low as 12 or 16X. My other one went down to 4X, wow. Can I burn audio cd's at this higher rate? You know, it didn't even give me an option to burn at a higher rate like my other Liteon drive did. Is this a cheapie, or what? So, will await your expertise. I know this is a mixing mastering forum but am sure you have a viable answer, thanks, psongman