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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!

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

But somebody is bound to know...

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?

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:

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 :)

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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.

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.

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