Based on the discussion and suggestions here, I conducted an experim=
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just a few minutes ago.
     I recorded three music-rated CD-Rs, same brand (Memorex), with the s=
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data but at three different speeds: 32X (the max. my recorder supports), =
8X,=20
and 2X. I then sample-played the CD-Rs on four different audio-CD players=
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here in the house including one that has always had trouble with the musi=
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CD-Rs I've created in the past.
     The 32X-recorded CD-R played on three machines without problem but w=
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not load, much less play, on the one troublesome machine. (It said there =
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"no disc" present.)
     The 8X-recorded CD-R played on all four machines but had occasional=20
drop-outs on the one troublesome machine.
     The 2X-recorded CD-R played, without problem, on all four machines.
     I think the results are conclusive: slower is better.
     Thanks to all for the tips and suggestions, and pointing the way to =
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solution.

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Ed Skinner, ed@flat5.net, http://www.flat5.net/