What CD-R for audio CDs?

[IHateMyJob2004]

Any recomendations? Are those audio CD-Rs worth the money?

 

[stars]

I buy whatevers the cheapest for audio cds since they usually get scratched anyway.

 

[OdiN]

Yeah just buy whatever is cheap. I usually use Memorex for stuff though...but not their audio CD's just the plain CDR

 

[JSLIM]

I get the cheapy Fry's QC brand? They get scratched and I get tired of the same music fast anyhow.

 

[DaveSimmons]

"Audio" CD-Rs just include a marker that home audio gear looks for, they are not better for audio in any way.

Some people have found their car CD plays CD-Rs better if you record them at 4X - 12X speed instead of 32X - 52X, but only some people have problems with skipping of high-speed burnt CDs.

Brand doesn't matter much unless you need to preserve data for years, like family photos.

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: OdiN
Yeah just buy whatever is cheap. I usually use Memorex for stuff though...but not their audio CD's just the plain CDR

yep thats what i use, the Memorex 52x cdr's...got a spindle of 50 for $9.99 from office max the other day...

 

[Valkerie]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
"Audio" CD-Rs just include a marker that home audio gear looks for, they are not better for audio in any way.

Some people have found their car CD plays CD-Rs better if you record them at 4X - 12X speed instead of 32X - 52X, but only some people have problems with skipping of high-speed burnt CDs.

Brand doesn't matter much unless you need to preserve data for years, like family photos.

Totally not true. I've tested it before. Speed burns alone are evident of playback compatibility. But quality of CD-R manufacturing is also important and the methods at which they are burned at. Professional manufacturers use high quality techniques that enable their CD's to playback universally (including the type of CD-R's used, but we don't call professional media CD's "CD-R's"). However, with home burnt media CD's, you are not guaranteed to have 100% or even smooth playback on optical equipment because of CD quality capabilities of readability playback.

The "audio" CD-R's prove better to playback in optical equipment than regulra CD-R's, but again, it's not a guarantee for perfect playback. New optical sensors are be improved to read burned CD-R's universally, as companies themselves are taking heavier thought in anti-piracy CD media. But there will always be a workaround the piracy part of it, such explanations would be using Creative's Mediasource to rip the song files alone, instead of copying the CD alone - but this is a whole different story.