Russell Tiedt wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

RJT> How fussy do I need to be with regard to worrying about what sort of
RJT> blanks I buy for this burner I just got?  Are there differences?  I
RJT> notice on the package of CD-R blanks I got that it says "Multi Speed
RJT> 40X",  while the burner is rated 48X,  does that matter?  Likewise,
RJT> the CD-RWs I got say "1X-4X Compatible" on the package,  but the
RJT> burner says it'll do those at 12X.  Do I need to worry about slowing
RJT> it down?  Or is this just a matter of the burner's technology having
RJT> gone way beyond what the people doing the packaging have kept up with?

RT> Most of the "good" brands work well, and you will find some of the
RT> cheap  brands might give you a few coasters here and there.

These are cheap ones.    The R's are "K-hypermedia",  
and the RWs are Imation.

RT> I recon if a CD-RW says  use at 4-speed, then do so, but as they are
RT> re-writeable, try at the 12X your writer says it can do,  and see 
RT> what the results are. A lot of folks have long term reliability 
RT> problems with read-write disks, but I have yet to run into this 
RT> problem, but them my writer/software will not write faster than 4X 
RT> on a 4X CD-RW.

I have yet to start with the software,  been sidetracked in terms of
playing with lame.

RT> I also believe in burning audio CD's at 2X, it seems to reduce the 
RT> number of CD players that don't reliably read CD-R media very well, 
RT> tho again you milage may vary.

Noted.  I'll probably have a go at it sometime today.

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