Slow CD burning on iTunes

Hello!
I am using an old but perfectly happy Powermac G4 with OS X 10.3.9 and iTunes 7.2 (the latest that will run on my machine). I have also installed a Pioneer DVD DVR-112D internal optical drive and Patchburn, which works brilliantly with Finder burning (up to 42x) and until recently with iTunes too.
Lately, however, burning audio CDs from iTunes has slowed right down. According to the Console, iTunes requests 8x burning (no matter what is chosen in iTunes preferences) but only actually burns at 4x speed. Previously, iTunes would blast through an 80 minute CD in a couple of minutes at max speed; now it takes up to 20 minutes. I am using the same brand of CDs that I have always used, and I cannot see any reason for the sudden loss of speed...
Any help would be appreciated!
Cheers,
Dave

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Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
iTunes 10.6.3.25
QuickTime 7.6.7
FairPlay 1.14.43
Apple Application Support 2.3.3
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 6.1.0.13
Apple Mobile Device Driver not found.
Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
iTunes Serial Number 00BCADC4033975A0
Current user is an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2013-06-09 19:09:03.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is not supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
(Standard display types), Standard VGA Graphics Adapter
**** External Plug-ins Information ****
No external plug-ins installed.
The drive D: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GE20LU10 Rev FE05 is a USB 1 device.
iPodService 10.6.3.25 is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.6.3.25 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
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No drivers in LowerFilters.
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.2.0.1),
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Track 2, start time 03:46:42
Track 3, start time 06:17:51
Track 4, start time 10:05:27
Track 5, start time 13:29:26
Track 6, start time 18:29:73
Track 7, start time 22:42:09
Track 8, start time 26:09:00
Track 9, start time 29:23:11
Track 10, start time 32:54:55
Track 11, start time 36:38:64
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1374
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