Best CD-R's for music?

[Mrvile]

I'm about to run out to my local stores to buy some CD-R's in bulk to burn music to and I'm wondering which are the best. I've got Office Max, Sears, Best Buy, CompUSA, Walmart, and Target. Now, I know the japanese ones are the best quality, but since they are all branded I can't tell which ones were made in Japan or Taiwan or whatever. Any insight? Thanks all.

EDIT: PS - I don't need jewel cases.

 

[xanis]

Whatever is cheapest. I've bought some pretty obscure brands of CD-Rs before and I've never a problem yet. I would go to Staples and get whatever is the best deal.

 

[shortspanishguy]

Normally is says made in Japan/Taiwain/China on the box.

Edit.... I recently found some nice MIJ Fujis at BB.

 

[sniperruff]

the fuji with the weird top locking spindles are TY's from japan, as well as the color ones from fuji.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
the fuji with the weird top locking spindles are TY's from japan, as well as the color ones from fuji.

Is this one of them?

 

[FilmCamera]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: sniperruff
the fuji with the weird top locking spindles are TY's from japan, as well as the color ones from fuji.

Is this one of them?

Kind of a ripoff. I usually get a 100 spindle of Memorex for like $15.

 

[shortspanishguy]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: sniperruff
the fuji with the weird top locking spindles are TY's from japan, as well as the color ones from fuji.

Is this one of them?

Yes I think.... it should say max performance and archival quality on the case.
I got mine for $6 from BB during a sale.

 

[TheRyuu]

I always like Verbatim.

Their DVD-R and DVD+R has the really nice MCC media.
And thier DVDR9's have MKM, also really nice.

Not sure about their CD-R's but with their track record, I'm sure its good.
And it's cheap too.

 

[DanDrop]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
the fuji with the weird top locking spindles are TY's from japan, as well as the color ones from fuji.

:thumbsup: Fuji CDR's from Japan are the best i've used so far. Wait until they are on sale at Best Buy then grab a few.

The worst ones i had were Philips. Rated at 40x but won't burn faster than 12x on my Ben-Q and Nec drives (both have latest firmware too). I had a coaster for every 5 that i burned and my music skips on my player. I could have gotten a bad batch though. The Fuji's on the other hand have been flawless so far.

 

[neutralizer]

My burner has burned any CD-R media that I've thrown at it. I really don't think the quality of CD-Rs matter that much because its pretty hard to make really bad ones.

 

[Crono]

RiData is good

 

[Mrvile]

I just got back from Best Buy...bought a pack of 50 for like $20 and on the box it said "Made In Japan" so I figured they were good. All the rest were made in either Taiwan or Malaysia.

 

[TheGizmo]

i also stick with verbatim cd-rs and dvd's.. they work best for me and are usually pretty cheap at Sam's Club like $20 for a 100 pack or so

 

[microAmp]

Not sure if this would be of any help.
http://www.cdfreaks.com/media/

 

[Mrvile]

I saw these Verbatim CD-R's there that were made to look like little 45's, they were pretty damn cool. Didn't buy them though.

 

[0roo0roo]

does it matter? music mixes tend to just get lost or destroyed after a while anyways

 

[Pepsi90919]

whatever's cheapest