I used to use iTunes to burn CDs and it worked perfectly but i have switched my audio player to foobar an it doesn't have this feature. I tried using NTI DVD and CD Maker but the CD would never work on regular CD players.

Any suggestions? Thank you.

Burrrn

ImgBurn

Yup. Those to are simplest and the best.

The above mentioned tools are indeed excellent tools to burn audio CDs.

Additionally, I would like two add two more if you like a little more GUI and multi purpose use.

CDBurnerXP and Infrarecorder

Both are free and not as bloated as many commercial packages are.

If you want to correct for offsets when writing, use EAC.

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Shortcommings:

CDBurnerXP
- Uses .NET component
- Doesn't support CD-TEXT

ImageBurn:
- A bit difficult to end-user, no obvious way to do audio-cd, need to learn a guide. After getting through this is pretty good though. Has got Verify data option. (Does it do on the fly burning?)

Burrrn:
- Unmaintained as of now.
- Don't do "on-the-fly" encoding (all supported files need to go WAV first).

Infrarecorder:
- No verify written data option.

With no listed shortcomings, it seems that EAC would be the best way to go.

Doubt here...
There is the off-set correction when you RIP a CD...
When re-burning the WAV, using software like Nero and stuff, will it chop off more off-set samples from WAV by writting to CD?

I was talking about EAC solely as a BURNING program.

As far as ripping with EAC and burning with other programs you can configure it to apply a combined offset to your ripped data. So no, the process doesn't have to result in discarding additional data, at least no more than is necessary given the method.

Concerning the loss of data, this is primarily a function of the hardware, not the software. At least this is the case after you've already taken into account that offset corrections can be handled through software with requisite capabilities. I would be remiss not to also mention that EAC has the ability to take advantage of hardware with overreading and overwriting features.

does EAC burning ability have:

- cd-text support ?
- verify written data option ?

>cd-text support ?
Yes

>verify written data option ?
No, not automatic at least; but F8 works pretty well.

EAC used to be quite limited in that it supported only some drives for burning. Is this no longer the case?

In addition to imgburn, I've used Ones and Feurio, although it's probably been years since I used Feurio.

I suppose it's still the case with its native ripping engine, but it can also use cdrdao.

My comment about it having no shortcomings was just a response to what seemed like a snub, though I'm sure it wasn't deliberate. Certainly EAC has its shortcomings.