Hi Marc. I hope I did not create any confusion, as the process is explained as the thread develops. My original question was, is the OP creating a data CD that contains MP3s, or an audio CD? If it is an audio CD, then the MP3 files must be decoded by the CD burning software to put them into a .WAV format before burning. The OP stated that the MP3s sounded good but the resulting burned CD did not, so I started asking for details to find out if something is happening in the decoding. Mario correctly added that only some CD players will read MP3 data CDs properly. What I should have said originally was, MP3s are not burned directly to an AUDIO CD. Does that help?

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