CD-R discs for music

>>"The latest Sony's I bought say "made in Austria"."<<

I bought some of those about 2 years ago. I had very good results with them...How have they worked for you? Is the data side still blue/green in color? Is the outer ring edge cut smooth?

Sony and Maxell was having their cd-r disc made in Taiwan, silver color data side. Not a very good disc to say the least. If you have any of the disc made in Taiwan check out the outer edge. The cut is not clean and smooth. This can affect the final reproduced sound from the CDP.

Nice call jea48, aggielaw, bombaywalla. I picked up the CDR-pros at Walmart; 10 for $8.00. Good to try 10 before getting 50 and they included cases so the price wasn't too bad.
Jea48, the Maxell CDR-pro are the same dark blue-green color as my older Sonys that were made in Austria. I got CDR-audio even though I don't need to because they worked better for me too.
All Sonys have a smooth edge as far as I can tell. The new Sonys have a light blue-green color and they work okay for me in that I have'nt had any bad dics. But I am noting sonic degradation in clones* vs original. I haven't compared light vs. dark Sony's to see it there is a difference. I think Marantz may not have adjusted the burn head right. BTY even though Sony clones* aren't perfect, the black CDR's were even less perfect.

* The U.S. government has deemed cloning legal so I now clone CD's and no longer copy them.

>>" The U.S. government has deemed cloning legal so I now clone CD's and no longer copy them.'<<
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I did not know that, LoL.
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Something to try to get the "clone", closer to the original.

Use a dark green or black marker on the outside edge of the disc before you burn a disc.

By chance do you have a CD demagnetizer, like a Bedini clarifier. If so spin one disc both sides before you load it in the CDR. Burn and finalize and check the playback.
In the Pioneer it improved the final product.
In the Sony it degraded the final product.
Why, I have no idea. If you have a demagnetizer try it and post back.

Never demagnetize a CD-R after burning data, I don't what happens but it will sound dead.
Jim

Cdc, I was going through the archives and ran across this one, good reading.
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1051384332&openfrom

Jim