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Originally Posted by Catlady
Since you are determined to be so picky, all Audible says about CD-RWs is that the sound quality may not be as good. It does not say one is barred from using them.
P.S. I'm done. Thanks to those who offered help. I appreciate it.
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Originally Posted by ScotiaBurrell
they also mention reliability in same sentence.
Maybe context is only sound quality though...
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Just to clarify, the ONLY two aspects of quality that may suffer in using CD-RWs vs. CDs are unreliability for long-term storage, and the inability for many
audio players to play them. Both are inherent in the dye used for CD-RW discs, which must record data and then be fully reversible. In contrast, CDs use a permanent physical reflective layer for recorded information, and CD-Rs use a dye that is irreversibly bleached during the recording process. The reversible dye of CD-RWs will, eventually, reverse over time, and does not provide the same degree of contrast as the dye in a CD-R, which is why some audio players won't read them.
I use CD-RWs all of the time for critical audio recordings, but I read the data off the CD-RW within a day or two of recording it. I know of no computer DVD/CD drives that have trouble reading or writing to CD-RWs. As I said, this is critical music restoraion work, but I have been doing it this way for nearly ten years and have never had a problem of any sort with CD-RW quality that would cause me to use a CD-R instead.
I also subscribed to Audible, probably 7 or 8 years ago -- for recordings of the Says You radio game show. I recorded every one to CD-RW in WAV format (just what
Catlady is trying to do -- Audible permitted it). I then read the WAV files back in and converted them to MP3s to listen on my Creative Nomad Jukebox 2. I don't know why
Catlady has been encountering problems, but she is right: Audible allows burning their files to CDs (both CD-R and CD-RW) and, once burned to a disc, there is no law in the US that would prohibit her from changing the format for her own use.
Catlady, when I subscribed to Audible they permitted burning directly from their own software. Apparently, that is no longer the case. Since you are attempting to burn to a CD, which they permit, I would not hesitate to contact their user support, and escalate if necessary.