See the CD Recorders we sell (along with appropriate software) can indeed make copies of audio CDs. You can certainly make a compilation CD, taking a track from this and then a track from that CD etc. Recorded (rather than 'pressed') CDs will play in just about any audio player, except some older models that have a low sensitivity laser pickup. The reflectivity of recorded CDs is about 70% of pressed CDs. CDRW media has only approximately 50% of the reflectivity of pressed CDs and therefore does not work in a majority of audio CD players.

If you use Nero software, it will convert the MP3 format to CD-DA (compact disk-digital audio) which is what is required by audio CD players. If you copy the file as an MP3 file, it will only be playable on the very new CD/DVD players that have an MP3 decoder built into them. Of course, when you convert to CD-DA, you lose the compression advantage of MP3. Note: Some new CD players are coming on the market that can read and play MP3 files that are recorded onto a CD. They can also play regular audio CDs.