[LAU] CDRDAO speed, CRC errors, blah

So I'm trying to burn this masterpeice to a CD. $ crdao write tofile.toc ... ok here we go. It works, but then when I try to read the disk back, i get tons of CRC errors. "5 Q sub-channels with CRC errors" .. etc etc. Someone On The Internet (tm) said thusly: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2005-04/1370.html OK, so I try to write at a lower speed. $ cdrdao write --speed 4 tofile.toc Starting write at speed 8... Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort. No no no no, I said speed 4! $ cdrdao write --speed 2 tofile.toc Starting write at speed 8... Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort. Arrgggh... $ cdrdao write --speed 1 tofile.toc Starting write at speed 8... Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort. Hey, cdrdao, are you even listening to me!?? So, two questions: 1) Is there any reason to burn an audio CD at a speed < maximum, or is this the dreaded digital voodoo? 2) Why is cdrdao refusing to do what I tell it to do? Thanks, all. -ken