SouthSIDE Glen
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I think the lesson might be that if you want to play it safe and go conservative, burn your important discs at somewhere around 16x. So what if it takes 5 minutes instead of 30 seconds? Use that time to got to the bathroom, re-fill your coffee, check up on your e-mail, or whatever. No biggie.7string said:So you're saying we SHOULD burn at slower speeds? Now I'm confoozed. I need a beer...
But what I feel is important in the context of this forum is that there is no "magic number". John's number, which I'll take to heart, is based upon his quality experience and is probably a good average across many combinations of brands and media. My explanation was based upon my experience with my burners and those of the associates around me. It may be a combination of a little luck and a lot of judicious choice of equipment, media, software and technique, but I can tell you that my experience in error rates is a lot lower than the drek that John receives.
So I guess that unless/until you can actually get some solid data and experience on just how well your burner works at different speeds and which media works better or worse with it at those speeds, that to play it safe and use the 8-16x figure is probably not a terrible idea.
G.