Is there any quality difference between these and ones not branded as "music" cdr's such as these http://amzn.com/B003ZDNZSI if I'm just burning audio?
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I didn't get the expect results. Spend many hours trying to find out why they didn't work properly I disposed of cd's in the garbage can.
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Brad, there are some that cost even more than these. They are not for the iTunes crowd who are happy with audio that is not perfect; unless they have money to burn to use these on a format that they won't get the full benefit from.Personally, I would never buy these as I'd be too afraid of damaging them when I travel for business which is when I listen to music with earphones.
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There is a difference! My Teac CD recorder (AD-RW900) will only record on "Audio" (the purple label) cds. I had tried the other "music rated" cds and they will not be recognized by the recorder, perhaps the formatting is set up for real time recording and the others are formatted to be burned from a PC.
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This may be better researched on Wikipedia but the short version is there is no difference (some older players had compatibility issues but they should all be gone by now...+R was usually more compatible with more systems) You can use these as video, music and data storage.
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I generally use TDK CD-R Music/Audio 700 MB 80 MIN for all my masters. I have used those or whatever is on sale as the copies. I run at least a dozen copies a week for a radio show I produce & have been extremely happy w/the Zipspin unit for about a year.
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That's all I do is burn from my MAC using iTunes. Burn it at a slower speed like 16x. I have had 100% success and the sound quality is phenomenal. I won't buy anything else but these anymore.
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Lawrence/Melton, thanks for the info! I am thinking about .atrac for nostalgic reasons. Some years down the road, when Sony folds and ATRAC becomes public domain, perhaps ATRAC files will be more playable.. ;) But looks like PCM/WAV is the way to go, as someone else mentioned that I will be transcoding the audio if I save it as ATRAC3+. So I will probably just do PCM and convert it to FLAC for archival and playback. The CDs will be for giving to my relatives so they can play it on any CD player. Not as a storage/archival medium. That'll be on my RAID harddrive. I am picturing another scenario. After all these work (and $$$ to buy the MZ-M200) to upload a pristine copy of the recording to my computer, and put the MD away for storage in my attic/craw space, something happens and I lose the copy on my raided HD, the copy on my RAID NAS, the copy on my offline HD, and the copy on my offsite storage, and I am back to square one, bidding on an MZ-R200 from ebay (as I've probably sold mine), paying dearly, to do this all over again. ;) Well, of course this won't happen, as I can probably still hunt down the copy I gave to my relative, but the thoughts have occurred to me. ;) In the end, I think the MD would've cost me more than if I had purchased a professional DAT player in the first place. There are so much that can be said about why MD failed and how utterly stupid Sony is, I am not going to say anything other than Steve Jobs is the best answer to Sony's paranoia about copy protection. Protected a few pennies, but missed out on billions.
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Most definitely. It is the same quality and performance I got when I purchased from Radio Sh*ck previously. The low cost only reinforces the high markup retailers use to pad their profit lines. I'm currently using two and have additional jacks in reserve because my College Student Djs tend to take them with them.
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I'm echoing exactly what S. Martinez said earlier. There's nothing wrong with getting some extra enjoyment out of your music. You'll experience extra detail with your music that you may have otherwise missed using sub par headphones/ear-buds...so much so that you may find yourself finding better quality recordings when you realize some of the files in your library sound utterly terrible! (Seriously true! LOL)Consider it a real good investment as it'll last you for quite a long time.
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Actually on Windows, I convert my CD's to mp3 using the included Microsoft Media Player. Under the "rip music" tab in the preference you can select the format as "mp3" and dial up the "Audio Quality" to as much as 320 bps. Once set in preferences it runs automatically every time I stick in a CD. You don't need to add software to do this. For me the sound quality seem great ... but do note I am no longer a young person and my hearing is not what it used to be ... so this particular part of my opinion should be taken with that in mind.
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I mostly use HDTracks, but there are ay least a couple of others, including a new one called something like ProStudios that I have yet to try. I stick to 96/24 and on this player they sound great! Yes, they are more expensive, but I usually wait for a sale, 10 - 15% off, and the usual price for popular music is around 18 bucks, before discount. If you want to burn these to disc, you have to use a program, at least as far as I know, that burns them to DVD. I think that program is called Cirlinca HD - Audio Ultra. Have fun!
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I agree with the statement that MP3's are horrible. I've tried to convert. Just doesn't happen. What I have found is that music meant for CD, sounds better to me on CD. Music initially recorded on vinyl sounds better to me on vinyl. I kept my records. But I do have an extensive CD collection. I find Vinyl at charity shops and second hand shops for as little as $.25. When buying old records, remember to look for warping, scratches, dirty patches--which may cover hidden damage--, crayon drawings (who hasn't seen this?). In other words look them over carefully.
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These do work in my Marantz CDR630 recorder which is generally very selective when reading discs. These are the only discs over 74 minutes that aren't routinely rejected in the optical check.
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No idea all I know is that they seem to be of better quality as compare to office depot. Sound wise there is no difference I guess its all about how long they last.
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No difference unless you get 30$ one from Sylvania, ultrastar or whatever. On basic level is the same.Philips been fine and still work since i got them about 6 month ago.
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Yes I burn CD's a lot. Both from my computer and from other CD's and haven't had any problems with them playing.
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Thank you for a question! Even if it is not a hireso sound source, by DSEE HX which performs up scaling of compression sound sources such as the MP3 for a high-resolution sound source of the hireso equivalency, a CD can enjoy the high-quality sound that it is more than it in it. Thanking you in advance.