As I have a recording studio I do a lot of audio CD burning (not MP3). The burn speed must be kept low to be compatible with many older audio CD players. My burn speed standard is "8X" however most SATA CD/DVD burners will only go down to 16X. Thus if you are making an Audio CD use the lowest speed.
Audio CD's burned at high speeds that will not play on a given audio CD player will either not play at all or will skip.
MP3's do not have this problem as they are basically "data" CD's and can be burned at high speeds.
Nero works fine for CD burning. I use Nero BurningROM for all my audio CD burning. However, Nero like many programs, has become a relatively large (bloated) program for all burning needs, not just a CD/DVD burner like it started out. I use the Nero BurningROM as it will burn to multiple burners at the same time, something almost all other burning programs will not do, including the high priced Sony CD Architect burning program that is used by many recording studios.