I have a spare Liteon LDW-851S and it fails to initialise where the motor keeps starting. When it did work and when I burned mp3s on to audio CDs not as mp3 discs btw they sounded better than when burning them on any other drive I have being an external Liteon SOHW-1633SX which makes them sound terrible as well as sharp, my older Liteon LTR-52246S (this sounds alright but slightly less cleaner than my other internal liteon) and my Yamaha CRW-F1 both internal as well as external drives (the internal one I think sounds like it gives more whack and these make uncompressed music sound crispy clear with a nice sharpness not suited to mp3s). I can no longer get hold of my broken model and I'm looking for a drive that is suited to mp3s which makes them sound good if that's at all possible as well as heard of.
as long as the drive is functioning properly and you're burning at the appropriate speed on quality discs, the brand/model of drive makes absolutely no difference. if you're hearing a difference, it's due to some kind of software conflict or hardware issue on your compie.
Have a read of this: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=196001 Any chance you could answer the question in my last post here?: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=196647
