Distortion in final songs on burned CD

Distortion, static, or a "whooshing" sound in the later tracks of a CD is a long-standing problem with iTunes burning. It can often be corrected by using a lower burn speed. Use 2x.

You describe my issue exactly. I have burned 3-4 CDs trying lower speeds based on the recommendation. Now down to 2x. And as someone noted around song 9 or 10 I begin to hear static and the longer I play it the worse it becomes.
Album was purchased via iTunes at Xmas this year.
Songs play fine on my Mac Mini and iPod.
Is there any particular brand or style of CD that are known to be of better quality? I am using a Memorex that can go to 52x and these were purchased quite awhile ago.
Seems like there is some buffering or latency with this as the first songs sound wonderful, yet by 9, as you say, it begins to deteriorate.
Thanks

Hi!

Okay, I know this question has been answered but I just want to be clarified because I've been having similar problems too.

If I just lower the preferred speed, it'll make those weird clicky/wooshy/echo-y noises in the songs that I burned into my blank discs (Memorex CD-R 700MB) go away? I don't have to change anything else?

I was worried because I never burned a CD in iTunes before. I thought that maybe because (A.) all the songs were ".mp3", (B.) I downloaded them from another internet site (not iTunes Store) and (C.) I changed the Volume Adjustment to +100%--that's why the songs sound so warped.

I burned 8 CDs yesterday only to have 7 of them turn out so bad!!! ALL the songs were distorted! I felt so horrified and disappointed because my baby cousin especially requested those songs from me. PLEASE tell that this could solve my CD burning problem because I do not want to let her down.

Thank you!

hpmangaotakuchan wrote:
If I just lower the preferred speed, it'll make those weird clicky/wooshy/echo-y noises in the songs that I burned into my blank discs (Memorex CD-R 700MB) go away? I don't have to change anything else?

I was worried because I never burned a CD in iTunes before. I thought that maybe because (A.) all the songs were ".mp3", (B.) I downloaded them from another internet site (not iTunes Store) and (C.) I changed the Volume Adjustment to +100%--that's why the songs sound so warped.

A and B will not cause a problem. C might. Burn a CD and try.

Unfortunately it still came out with those static-y/scratchy noises. In fact, I think it got worse. Tracks 11-13 are playing Track 10 and Tracks 14-30 won't even play at all.

I'm getting really frustrated....

Glad it helped. Enjoy the music!