Does anyone have any views on the best software for burning pretty much anything I might want to? I have been using easy cd creator deluxe but it does not suit me.

There are only two other dedicated burning suites I can think of - Gear, and Nero Burning Rom. Both are fairly accomplished and worth checking out (I think demos are available). Search on the web for their home pages.
However, I have to wonder what you mean by "pretty much anything [you] want to" - there are certain limitations on copying that all copying programs have. Some find it hard to copy long (I think it's 74 minute and above) audio CDs, which is a limitation of many CD-R/RW drives. And some won't copy PC CD-Roms because of copy protection introduced by the manufacturers.
It's also hard to copy Dreamcast and Playstation CDs. There are programs around that let you undertake such a task but they're hard to find and copying such things is illegal anyway.

The Best CD Writer Software is called Golden Hawk There is a demo version you can download for free at www.goldenhawk.com which is quite small. ( Less than 1meg )
This will record pretty much anything.