I have my eyes peeled for them too these days. Sounds strange to me, looking for NOS quality CD-R's. Really makes you feel and put one in the 'old' bracket.
yes, they are becoming old hat but, I love old hats...at least it's physical...rips to HD are convenient but...
hey, i know this is late, but what's the general opinion on these? people seem to really like them but i havent seen them mentioned on here.
I got some Staples blanks years ago that still pretty well after being left in a CD wallet in the car for 5 plus years. Others don’t play well after only a year or two. I went to Staples today to get some more. Hopefully they’re the same quality at the old ones. P. S. What’s the consensus on the Verbatim discs that look like vinyl records? I have some but take better care of them as I use them to make exact copies of box sets and stuff I’d rather not play in the car.
Colour me frustrated. Spent many years using Memorex, TDK and especially Verbatim. Not a problem, so I had a big stash of blanks that has literally lasted me years. Eventually I ran out and I've recently bought a couple of spindles. Verbatim used to be the best I used, so I bought that. Two drives on two computers just didn't recognise the discs. Looking closer, I noticed the brand Verbatim® on the disc is now Verbatim™ on these new ones. Looks like I've been sold some Chinese knock-off or something. So I bought a new TDK spindle buttttt those are showing glitches after burning, not a single clean burn. I'm using the same computers and drives that have never burnt coasters in the past, this debacle has only begun with the new spindles. I understand that CD-R may not be as profitable now so maybe those companies whose product I used to use have stopped CD-R production, but there must be someone else out there still manufacturing reliable media. Can anyone point me in the direction of some reliable CD-Rs I could get? I've heard about Taiyo Yuden (more expensive). Any others?
Quick question, are those Japanese Taiyo Yuden CD-Rs still available easily these days? I saw later reviews on Amazon that recent TY discs are produced in Taiwan and the quality is inferior.
Philips CD-R 74 DA.... Silver Premium X1 speed... glass master was burned in real time...if you can still find them.
I haven’t been able to source the Japanese versions, and the new ones give me about a one in seven failure rate, infuriating.
Hah! I still have a couple of 20-year-old Mitsui CD-Rs. I also have a stash of old Kodak Ultima 80s that I still use for special occasions. Otherwise, I moved on a decade ago to storing FLAC on hard drives.
I have been buying regular Verbatim CDRs for years after it was expensive or hard to find Taiyo Yuden discs. I haven't had a problem with Verbatim. Never got a coaster (unlike Sony) and I back up almost all my music anyhow (FLAC), so if you scratch one, lose one, you can just make another.
So my old stack of TDK is almost out, as I'm making some custom stuff for a friend who hasn't moved into the streaming world. What to get now? 100 Verbatim $17 on Amazon, I hardly need that many, but lesser quantities of other brands cost almost as much. Don't see any of the "Good" stuff mentioned here...
Used to buy Taiyo Yuden when they were made in Japan. Recently bought a spindle of MAM-A white surface printable CDR's which have been flawless so far. Products Sent from my Galaxy Tab® S2
Very good luck with standard Sony. Good price, easy to find. I'm only burning CDs for car use, so if one does fail, I'll just burn another.
Recently bought CMC TY, and was disappointed to find that they were made in Taiwan. I seem to recall that it was ideal to get blanks made in Japan - that those in Taiwan were inferior. Is this still the case? I’m probably one of the few still using CD-R’s with great frequency. With that being said (& with TY out of the picture), what are considered the top 4-5 brands/manufacturers? Thanks!
I had some Verbatim that 2 cd players would not recognise. So Philips for me. Never had any problems Many are 10 years old and still perfect.
And then you discover the mfsl/gold now made/sold by Sieveking and the hearing&feeling is much better... So it goes... quality, normally, isn't cheap...
Absolutely the worst CDr media out there today. Mitsui MAM fan for years. Now discontinued. Bought 3 batches of the CMCs. 50% failure rate. Waste of money. They say Taiyou Yuden but I am extremely suspect of this brand. This horrendous age of streaming and the advent of more digital formats going bust has got me REALLY down.
Kinda nutty how certain brands can elicit such opposite comments. But hey, people have different experiences and it's good to share them. As for me, for years Sony was my go-to brand for everyday recording. Like Tim S above, I've had good luck with them. I've gone back to play hundreds of Sony discs, 12, 15 and more years old, with no problems. However, I make a backup of anything important on a more expensive Japan Taiyo-Yuden or even a Kodak gold (from the old days). I still have lots of blank genuine T-Y's from Japan and also some JVC-branded discs from Victor Advanced Media Co., which supposedly was a joint venture with T-Y. They've been superb. I've always stayed away from no-name and store brands, not that they don't "work" but I'm wary as to their longevity. The only brand that has actually given me recording problems was Memorex. I'd record them, but no CD drive (computer or audio) would recognize them for playback. Obviously defective. That particular package of 100 went back to the store. Never bought them again.
TY were not available where I am, so I tried to get brand names (TDK, Verbatum, and Imation were commonly available). The trouble with buying is that the only guarantee is having a time machine to go 20yrs in the future to check. So whatever disk I had, I would always burn at a very slow speed to try to obtain the best burn possible, in the hope that it would give longevity.
Best strategy is to back up anything you value to a different brand of disc than you used for the first copy. Then BOTH would have to fail before you'd lose anything. I use the best brand for the backup so if I had a failure on the first disc it's very likely (not guaranteed of course) that the backup is still OK and you can easily make a new "primary" copy for everyday use.
