Quality/settings issue?

Recently I made copies of 8 cds that I had imported into iTunes 10 and was disappointed to find that (upon playback) that nearly half of them had sections that dropped out or skipped. They sounded much like old vinyl records when they would skip. I used Memorex CD-R discs which have always been reliable in the past. Is there a setting in the import or export process that may be causing this or is this the best one can expect from the technology. I believe all of my Mac software is up to date. Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks  Bill

Bill,
No, there is no setting that says "make it sound like damaged vinyl," but i guess you knew that. 
Since you are suspiscious of the import process, play the tracks in iTunes and make sure they are OK.  If the problem is there, we'll have to troubleshoot importing before thinking about burning.
If the tracks, play OK, but the burns are bad, there are a few things to try.
Burn an audio CD with another program on your computer, such as Toast.  If that is also bad, it may be a drive problem.
Try a much slower burning speed, i.e. 1x, which can be set in the burn dialog of iTunes, and/or another brand of CD-R (past history notwithstanding).

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