professional quality CDRs?

[Bob]

What do you use/suggest for pro quality CDRs?  I'm looking for something in CDR form for media that would definitely be considered professional level. 

And where to get those?  It's the gold-something type I think I'm looking for.  And price... ugh.

I doubt it's the brands at chain retail stores.  Those definitely aren't professional, right?  And it's the dye or metal inside that makes them pro or crap right?

[richard black]

You don't need gold anything, just look out for Taiyo Yuden blank CDRs - they have a greenish playing surface. I test a few from every batch I order and get WAY lower error rates from those than from any other disc. They aren't much dearer than other brands - well, they are actually over twice the price of some but still only pennies each! You might have trouble finding them at retail stores, but online suppliers abound. (Can't make specific recommendations as we're in different countries.)

If you really want the best, use Plextor drives to burn your CDRs.

Trust me on this - I make CDRs to send to factories for replication, where quality is crucial, so it's a subject I've boned up on.

Actually the very best blanks I've ever had were deep-blue Verbatim ones (er, I think, this is from memory....) which gave (slightly) even lower error rates than the current Taiyo. Haven't seen those on sale in years, though.

[thalbergmad]

so it's a subject I've boned up on.

Unfortunate expression.

Thal

[rachfan]

Hi Richard,

The stack I have here are Memorex CDRs.  Where do they fall in the hierarchy in your tests?  I seldom make CDs, but the couple I've done so far sound fine.  Until I was told of your thread, I just assumed that CDRs were CDRs.

David

[Bob]

I know some of them breakdown faster than others. And some are prone to more errors.

The last time I looked into it Memorex or the other M one, Maxtel?, had a better dye.  I think that was it.