Question is whether this is every audio CD you try or is is just one
or two ? If it's every one then that points the finger at the drive
not reading correctly - usually this is no more than dust on the lens
so run a CD drive cleaner disc on it to see if it improves and if not
then perhaps it's time to replace the drive ( lasers go weak over time
and also the dust can get deeper into the lens assembly and that's not
something that's fixable ).

Alternatively if it is just one or two CD's then it may be some sort
of copy protection that's causing the delay. Most of these schemes
don't affect Linux but it may be making it harder for the system to
read the data for copying.

BTW - it's usually possible to just copy / paste audio from a CD on a
Linux system and get the actual audio. Same operation on a Windows box
just copies the CDA track location list :-)