Hi all I find that for audio CDs, cdrdao works the best for met. Cdrecord forces a 2 second pause between each track. Cdrdao can make an exact copy of a cd, that will even cause the correct CDDA entry to be loaded.
Furthmore, it has an automagic copy command, where you just feed it the original, followed by a blank, and Presto! Cheers Neilen