# Audio CD burners? **URL:** \ **Category:** WaveLab\ **Tags:** gear-setup, wavelab-10, wavelab-12\ **Created:** [March 11, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517 "2025-03-11T17:24:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elijah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elijah](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Elijah)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/1 "2025-03-11T17:24:18Z")
which one is the best one? and is there any difference in quality or since it’s burning zeros and ones it’s all the same? If I use Wavelab to burn an audio CD what burner should I use to achieve a good quality? or is a standard old internal enough? upd I’m sorry, guys, for being slow. I finally found a references to illustrate what I mean. Is there a real difference in quality between a fine internal drive like Plextor or Pioneer and a professional deck like this [Tascam CD-RW900SX | Professional Audio CD Recorder](https://www.tascam.eu/en/cd-rw900sx) besides workflow and vanity points? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Rat\_Blakey](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/paul_rat_blakey/32/92359_2.png) [@Paul\_Rat\_Blakey](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Paul_Rat_Blakey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/2 "2025-03-12T01:08:35Z")
We have found Pioneer to be pretty reliable. If you are doing to duplicate/replicate from the burned DAO CD then the device arguably does matter. This is because of error (C1, C2 , CU) rates. But that’s another discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Thomas\_W\_Bethel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/thomas_w_bethel/32/58_2.png) [@Thomas\_W\_Bethel](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Thomas_W_Bethel)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/3 "2025-03-12T10:43:03Z")
Very happy with this one [Amazon.com: PlexWriter Plextor PX-891SAF 24X SATA DVD/RW Dual Layer Burner Drive Writer - Black (Bulk) : Electronics](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09G9FRFT7?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1) and it is a Plextor ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Rat\_Blakey](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/paul_rat_blakey/32/92359_2.png) [@Paul\_Rat\_Blakey](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Paul_Rat_Blakey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/4 "2025-03-12T11:23:11Z")
Agree … I still have a couple of Plextor Premiums but I didn’t mention them because I didn’t know they were still available. ---
**Author:** ![Sunnyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sunnyman](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Sunnyman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/5 "2025-03-12T11:44:34Z")
Plextor and Pioneer,… those were the times 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MrSoundman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/mrsoundman/32/92285_2.png) [@MrSoundman](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/MrSoundman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/6 "2025-03-12T11:49:15Z")
The Plextor PX-891AF is on my list as a possible replacement for a pair of ageing PX-810SA which have served me well for almost 10 years now. I don’t know who actually manufactures these (who is [Vinpower](https://www.vinpowerdigital.com/t/categories/Optical-Drives/Plextor-DVD-Burner)?) but the PX-891AF does seem to get good recommendations for audio use. A minor thing to note about the PX-891AF it does not read or write DVD-RAM discs, which were sometimes used for data archival, and by some video recorders, as they were easily re-writable. If you don’t have any, then you most likely will not need such capability. ---
**Author:** ![Elijah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elijah](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Elijah)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/7 "2025-03-12T11:52:33Z")
am I understanding it correctly? you don’t need a big unit like you do for a professional tape recording? So cd burning is the same process with a good internal drive and some special recording unit? I thought, since audio cd is not just file on disk, the process should be a little bit different. What about mechanical burning or pressing, where it’s not laser, could it be done only in factory? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Rat\_Blakey](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/paul_rat_blakey/32/92359_2.png) [@Paul\_Rat\_Blakey](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Paul_Rat_Blakey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/8 "2025-03-12T11:53:46Z")
Can you believe that I still have an old Windows XP Pro machine running PlexTools Professional and a Plextor Premium attached. And a residual stash of Taiyo Yuden CD-Rs to go with it. #memories ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Rat\_Blakey](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/paul_rat_blakey/32/92359_2.png) [@Paul\_Rat\_Blakey](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Paul_Rat_Blakey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/9 "2025-03-12T11:57:55Z")
What I meant was: if you are intending to send the CD-R that you burn Disk At Once off to a duplication or replication firm (like you would send a DDP) then the unit may ‘matter’. ---
**Author:** ![Elijah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elijah](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Elijah)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/10 "2025-03-12T12:08:16Z")
I can. I bought a new smartphone a couple of months ago. I’ve waited until I really need it. Before I always picked up an old smartphone from a friend who don’t want it anymore. the last one was Android 6 Samsung. Still works. And my computer is a lenovo laptop from 2010-2012 4 cores. upgraded many times . works pretty well. I have a set for new computer new am5 sustem. bought it 4 months ago. still didn’t put it together 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Elijah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elijah](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Elijah)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/11 "2025-03-12T12:12:27Z")
I want to burn my own albums because I don’t have a lot of orders, and I’m wondering can I do it myself professionally. Now I’m trying to figure it out how to do it professionally without big spending. Of course, I’m not 20 years old. I still have my big silos of cds 🤣 that I burned 15 years ago. But I never thought about the quality for consumer end. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Rat\_Blakey](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/paul_rat_blakey/32/92359_2.png) [@Paul\_Rat\_Blakey](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Paul_Rat_Blakey)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/12 "2025-03-12T12:12:28Z")
Ha ha The old XP machine is a relic now. I am not sure it even boots anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Elijah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elijah](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Elijah)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/13 "2025-03-12T12:56:46Z")
actually, though this Lenovo was W8 and I upgraded to 10. I have another one small laptop on XP that is based on famous Intel Atom 2 scores. I double DDR and put SSD and installed Windows 10, and even though it works, it turned out it works better with the Old XP. They closed this series of Atoms pretty fast , probably because it durned out to be very reliable and versatile. ---
**Author:** ![MrSoundman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/mrsoundman/32/92285_2.png) [@MrSoundman](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/MrSoundman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/14 "2025-03-12T17:59:06Z")
> [@Elijah](#): > > I want to burn my own albums because I don’t have a lot of orders, and I’m wondering can I do it myself Short answer: yes, you can. > [@Elijah](#): > > can I do it myself _professionally_. Yes, if you use professional-grade equipment and media. > [@Elijah](#): > > I’m trying to figure it out how to do it professionally without big spending The Plextor PX-891AF is not expensive. Are you instead looking for a recommendation for an external USB drive ? ---
**Author:** ![Thomas\_W\_Bethel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/thomas_w_bethel/32/58_2.png) [@Thomas\_W\_Bethel](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Thomas_W_Bethel)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/15 "2025-03-13T10:17:15Z")
We have two Pioneer Blu-Ray disc burners that seem to work well. We still do a lot of CD burning for clients. We use about 20 CDs a month. ---
**Author:** ![stingray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@stingray](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/stingray)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/16 "2025-03-13T14:25:10Z")
@Elijah might be worth consulting the following list for finding the best CD burners: [CD Drive Accuracy 2024 - dBpoweramp Forum](https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/forum/dbpoweramp/cd-ripper/324732-cd-drive-accuracy-2024) ---
**Author:** ![Elijah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elijah](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Elijah)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/17 "2025-03-13T15:11:56Z")
In other words I thought maybe it’s necessary to use a chunky audio deck such as those for tape recording. But I suppose since it’s digital the only thing a drive should do is to record data with zero mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![Elijah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elijah](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Elijah)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/18 "2025-03-14T08:24:27Z")
I’m sorry, guys, for being slow. I finally found a references to illustrate what I mean. Is there a real difference in quality between a fine internal drive like Plextor or Pioneer and a professional deck like this [Tascam CD-RW900SX | Professional Audio CD Recorder](https://www.tascam.eu/en/cd-rw900sx) besides workflow and vanity points? ---
**Author:** ![Elijah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elijah](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Elijah)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/19 "2025-03-14T08:26:14Z")
is it better than this [Tascam CD-RW900SX | Professional Audio CD Recorder](https://www.tascam.eu/en/cd-rw900sx) ? or is there no point of using a deck like this ? ---
**Author:** ![Elijah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elijah](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Elijah)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517/20 "2025-03-14T08:26:51Z")
have you tried something like this [Tascam CD-RW900SX | Professional Audio CD Recorder](https://www.tascam.eu/en/cd-rw900sx) ? or is there no point of using a deck like this ? [Next page](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/audio-cd-burners/977517.md?page=2)