Any Difference In Quality Burning Via My Imac vs. Alesis Masterlink

Hey guys! I create my music with Logic 8 but was thinking about getting an external CD burner. Maybe an Alesis Masterlink to mixdown to instead of burning through my Imac burner. For some reason my song comes out sorta "small" and "narrow" even though it sounded great when i mixed it. Just thinking since the Masterlink has a Normalizing feature it would help my song overall.
What dither and bit rate should i be using in Logic?
How good is the Wave Burner program?

ManyToons wrote:
Hi, DR,
I wonder what the real difference is for burning a stereo bounce in a Superdrive compared to a Masterlink, per se.
If the Superdrive is in perfect working order you got the same result as your software can do... and Waveburner is perfect for burning Redbook standard audio CD... I never use Logic for burning CD because Waveburner is much better
The digital recording is not affected by problems such as analog recording...
I use an external Firewire case... I can change my CD burner every year (if needed) with a new one in order to always have the maximum CD recording quality!
G
PS: The Audio CD are not the best support for audio... it is a oldest technology... we are going to SuperCD with 24Bit resolution and surround features.. I personally prefer not to waste money on a technology almost obsolete, especially because you can replace the superdrive with a new one (total cost about 30 or 40 Dollars )

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