looking for the best music CDR's


cost is not important as I want the best available to burn my collection. Any opinions on what you like and why will be appreciated. Listen to alot of Jazz, Blues, and some classic rock. thanks for your help and as always I get great advice from audio-gon members. Don't think my system matters in this instance but I have Mordaunt-short speakers,Audire amp and pre-amp, Thorens turntable, TEAC CD, and Parasound tuner. Thanks!
horsnit

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Horsnit,

What unit are you using to burn your collection? You gave us everything but this one very important piece of information.

Music or Audio CDR's are getting harder to find. The best for my TDK and Sony stand alone burners in order of musicality are:

TDK (a relabled Taiyo Yuden disc and no longer made but sometimes pop up on Ebay. I have only two 50 packs left.)

Maxall Gold label made in Japan (Sold locally at WalMart and if you are lucky you may find the Pro version of this CDR, which is also a relabled Taiyo Yuden disc. I only have two 30 pack of the Pro's left.)

Memorex Black All Use (Again at WalMart, and the most expensive to purchase.)

Friends have used Sony and the regular Memorex with success in their burners and they play okay in my system.

Mitsui CDRs have been praised every where but a little too expensive for my budget.

Last year when it became clear that music CDR's may go extinct, I purchased 10 Maxall Gold 75-pack from Sam's when they clearanced them out for around $9.00 each.

If you find a source, then inventory them. One place to purchase on line is American-Digital and click the Digital Audio hyperlink on the left.

Good luck,
L
Lori, you still haven’t told us what unit you are using to burn CDRs.

Jd, I’m making an experienced SWAG based on the fact that there is less than a half dozen or so stand alone consumer recorders available. Also, I have seen more and more B&M stores reducing shelf space for them or they just stopped carrying them all together...like Sam’s did.

Wingoguy, I don’t believe those Taiyo Yuden CDRs are the music/audio version. They are ones to use in a PC or a professional burner. They do have some Fuji Music CDRs but I’m not familiar with those.