"The difference is that a MiniDisc uses a digital compression technique called ATRAC (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding) when storing music.

The ATRAC technique compresses the data by a factor of about 5 to 1. ATRAC is a "lossy" compression algorithm, meaning that it changes the music very slightly upon decompression".

The fact that CD recording is professional and cheaper...alot cheaper...the disk are free...I would go with CDRWs. The more you master, the more you will be able to tell the difference. Obviously, a professional can make a cassette sound better than many of us using CDs. When it comes to editing/mastering, how would you do it without a PC or Mac?