Windows Media Player

Happy weekend Agoner's! ! ! Is it possible to get a good rip and burn out of windows media player 11? My Rotel cd player will not play WMA lossless and I'm trying to figure out if there's anything I can do to make a decent copy. I just did a rip with wma and burned it at the slowest burn speed and then did a comparison with the original, and there wasn't much comparison. I made my wife and son sit through the test and once I put the original in, it was hands down a very noticeable difference. I'm doing these tests with cheapo Memorex CD-R's because I don't want to turn my Song Music CD-R's into coasters. Would anyone know if it would sound better with the Sony CD-R's?

Sorry to ask these questions. I'm a rookie at this because I always hated burned CD's and honestly think they're only good for your vehicle. My wife bought me a $40 used CD and she would like me to burn it and play the burned version because it's hard to find this CD for under $100. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.