@sandstone I recently switched to MacBook. I’m not sure I can even get the old PC running and it does not have virus protection any longer. I decided against adding streaming to my system because I already own a lot of music between 600 records and 1200 CDs.
Burning CDs of downloaded music
Is there a way to purchase/download individual songs and burn them to a CD while maintaining CD quality (16 bit, 44.1 kHz)?
I currently use a home theater subwoofer in my stereo. I am considering upgrading my subwoofer. Since my only recent reference is my stereo, I am not really sure what high quality bass should sound like. I looked at subwoofer reviews on YouTube and unfortunately, I only own 2 songs from their playlists. My thought was that I would like to get to know those songs from the reviews on my system so when I visit stereo shops I would have a better idea if I was hearing improvements. I am not set up for streaming. CDs are my only digital source and my DAC only has one SPDIF input. If I could create my own compilation of those test songs on CD, I could understand their performance on my system and use the same CD in a stereo shop.
If I can’t make such a CD, is there a less complicated way to figure this out? I’m sure the stereo stores will have streaming. But that doesn’t help me get to know these songs on my current system.
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@dunring007 @ketchup I did a test run. I downloaded a song from Qobuz in .wav format to my MacBook. I burned a copy of the song onto a fresh CD. I can see the track and it plays on the CD drive of the MacBook. I have two stereo systems and neither CD player will play the song. One player indicates that it is using playing time with nothing coming out. The other player indicates that this is a data file. Any thoughts on what I am not doing correctly? |
You’ll need to do a little more than copy and paste. There may be CD ripping functionality within ITunes but you’d have to research that. There are also other Cd Ripping software programs available on the web- some are free to download and use. Proper ripping sets up the file structure prior to so that it can be recognized by the player. |
@sealegs I am not familiar with Macs, but I have burned thousands of CDRs on PCs. You need to burn them as audio CDs. It sounds like you burned the .wav files as data. Data CDRs won't play in a regular CD player. Look for audio burning software. Any good computer should come with this capability these days, but you may have to download an audio burning program. There should be lots of free ones. It’s been probably two decades since I’ve burned an audio CDR, so I’m not sure what’s good these days. Shouldn’t be too hard to find, though. |
@ketchup @designsfx @sandstone You guys were spot on. While Apple doesn’t support iTunes any longer on the MacOS platform, they provide similar capabilities in Apple Music. I burned the .wav file as a playlist in Apple Music and the transferred music file plays on both of my stereos’ CD players. The song sounds great as I was hoping using CD as my medium. Thanks for your help. In case someone else has a similar interest, these steps worked for me on my MacBook.
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