Hey, I could burn fast if I wanted to I have a very good LG burner
But I do most of my disc burning by starting a disc burning when I'm
about to walk away from my computer to go do something else...
On average a 4x burn takes ~15min to burn an album
though a full compilation disc takes a 20min.
I see no need to sit at my computer while a disc burns so it's a
good time to go to the bathroom, to sleep, to get a cup of coffee, etc...
I also do my ripping SLOWLY with software that exhaustively checks for errors.
I'm surrently using something called Exact Audio Copy V0.99PB4
(it's a pre-beta version)
It works well.
My duplicate discs are identified as originals by most music databases
and if that fails the software inserts CD Text information
Now If I could only get mp3's to display track titles correctly
(instead of a chopped off abbreviation and .mp3 extension)
But that may be more of an issue with my older head unit than
my fairly recent Disc changer.
As for "buying" music as CD's or as JUST the songs you want (as mp3 files)
I prefer greatly getting a physical pressed CD.
a) having a commercial pressed copy proves I OWN that music.
b)I can use MY CHOICE of compression software (LAME, BLADE, FgH, etc...)
c)Compression rate (160-320kBit/sec or even VBR if I so choose)
AND can actually make several differently compressed copies.
I generally make a CDA copy of everything I actually buy
Archive mp3's at 224kBit and 320kBit
then the original CD's are archived
things I listen to alot (and whole albums are included)
I actually keep on my computer as uncompressed CDA files
so when I need a fresh duplicate of something....
Yes, I own albums that I only actually like a few songs on.
But I own many albums that I listen through all the way through
as the entire album is a "work of art". Examples?
1)the first Boston Album
2)Queensryche Empire
3)Rush Presto
4)Metallica's (The Black Album)
5)ANY of the three Creed Albums
6)AC/DC "Back in Black" or "Highway To Hell"
Just getting "just a few songs" off of any of those albums
is frankly a crime against art.
And until you have listened through the entire album you only know
what they play on the radio... those few "Radio friendly" songs...
One album that I've made duplicates for friends (copyright be damned
they cannot FIND it being offered for sale!) is the Evan's Blue album
"The Pursuit" (abbreviated by necissitity) they sound a bit like
Chevelle, but IMO their songwriting is more consistant.
I can listen through the entire album (on occasion several times)
The only Chevelle album I can come close to doing that with
is "wonder What's Next" Chevelle's next album after that is
one where I could see buying "just a few songs", but I
wouldn't KNOW that if I didn't already HAVE the entire album....
But such is life.
Then again, I actually cheated as I bought both the Chevelle
CDs I have at a store that sells USED CD's, I paid $12 for the pair....
Infact I buy many, even most of my CD's used.
there is such a market in used CD's from people who buy
them, rip them then trade them in.... (Violating both
the letter and spirit of the relevant copyright laws)
BTW, the most common reason for a stock '87 radio to have "low volume" is a bad solder joint on the ribbon cable that is soldered to the connector block.
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