->       Is it possible for the inexpensive CD burners to make "clones"
-> of the better (audiophile) CDs without loosing something in the process? 
Are
-> they able to collect/read and write all that was
-> originally recorded without causing something to sound out of place?      
We
-> tried cloning the "Ultimate" test CD that has some of the
-> cleanest musical/instrumental recording I have every heard (&
-> not heard) and to my ears the copy was exact. It sounded every
-> bit as great as the original.
I have only made 2 music clones with my burner, but I also cannot distinguish
an audible difference either. Based on -my- understanding of how the
burner/process works, I don't think there is any "loss/change" in how the 
ATA
is transferred.
->       With burners and media becoming less expensive, will studios
-> begin recording directly to CD?
Well I'm sure Bonnie is more up to date on this, but my assumption/opinion is
probably not; simply because that either the studio is already
converting to digital (mastering to DAT or even earlier if a DAW
recording/editing setup is used) or they are analog, and would rather "risk" 

mastering house to do a quality conversion. This does -not- discount using a
CD-R for demo's, pre-mastering evals., etc., but tends to lessen the need to
"master to CD".
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