High-quality CDs?

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:02 pm

I'm sure this has been discussed before but i'm wondernig if anyone reccomends a good brand of blank CDs. on my current CDs, i get a lot of skippage in songs, some crappy sound,etc. i didn't record this particular CD perfectly but i've never had a problem. I am using Memorex black CDs right now and i was wondering if there was anything availble that could be considered higher quality?

edit: just so you know, i'm talking blank discs!

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:06 pm

I have the same problem... So unfortunetly I can help!

But somebody is bound to know...

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:31 pm

i use imation cds and never have a problem. the best way is just to buy the cd cause your always going to loose SQ with a Burn. what kinda deck do you have?

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:42 pm

ive never really like Memorex.. after awhile the film or whatever on the cd's would come off(when they had the white ones out, dunno if they make em anymore).. but i use Imation alot, and Durabrand(suprisingly good luck with them, especially for the price), but go to http://www.musiciansfriend.com and they have cd-r's they sell, and they go into detail about them, so they may have a good high quality cd-r.. but the best way to stop skipping is to take care of them.. i dunno if any other places sell them, but Wal Mart(here anyway) sells these "sleeve" things that go on the bottom of the cd-r to keep it from geting scratched, and is super slim so it still plays in your cd player..etc.. other than that invest in a cd case and be gentle with them and dont shove them in the sleeves real fast and crap.. :happy055:

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:54 am

Well three large factors:

1) How was the music ripped and by who. Crappy device ripping the music can intorduce oddities into it

2) Bitrate of the ripped music. Lower rate=crappier music

3) Speed at which you burn. Burning 52x on a 48x disc isnt the best of ideas...

If I want something to sound better burned I burn it slow, like 8x or 16x. Providing the first two points are good :)

Post by **GlassWolf** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:25 am

http://www.mofi.com/pc/viewPrd.asp?idca ... product=41

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:48 am

bling bling

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:33 am

Definately what Ryan said.

As for a high quality disk, I'm not sure there really are many. I got a pretty nice HP disk as one of my first disks with my first cd burner, now, that disk is terrible. It's really hard to tell which will last. I have several dirt cheap ones that are just fine 5 and 6 years later.

TyHawk · Post by **TyHawk** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:09 am

For movie and burning burning Imation and TDK are commonly considered beter quality. Ran into this question burning movies. There are a few others that are considered better but I dont remember what they are.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:03 pm

GlassWolf wrote:http://www.mofi.com/pc/viewPrd.asp?idca ... product=41

If nothing else they look pretty!