cyrnel

That sounds like a software issue with the WAV conversion. If you're converting mp3s to WAVs then you're burning "raw" music onto the CD's. No protection involved. The problem could be non-standard mp3s with some type of encoder protection. Did you create the files yourself? If so, with what software?

If you make one cd and it skips but the next of identical source material works then I'd suspect the burner or the media. As others said, slower burning is good. Clean media, too. And try it in different players just to narrow things down.

If the same source material always skips then try different WAV conversion software. If it still has issues, follow the chain back to where you found the mp3s. Are they some proprietary mp3 monstrosity?

Converting to WAVs first would be for your playback system. If your player/deck is old it probably won't understand mp3s so you have to burn WAVs. If you play back exclusively on your computer or mp3-smart decks then converting to WAVs is wasting space. (and possibly causing the issues for some undetermined reason)

I haven't used Accoustica. Does it convert everything to WAV before burning or try to do it at the same time? Trying both at the same time could cause issues on a slow system.

Shouldn't have poured that last cup of Sunday night coffee.

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