Like Hyfi,

I do not use my computer for music except sometimes I play a cd on it at work at very low levels.

I have a Pioneer cdr machine in my stereo system that makes excellent cdr's, even encodes them in HDCD.

It burns at 1:1 speed and I can copy lp's and cassettes if I so desire, relatively easy.

It will copy any audio cd as far as I know.

But you have to have special "music" cdr's...

Dave