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Audio CD-R's compared to reg. CD-R's
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| Uisgdlyast |
Besides the price is there really a difference between these two? i mean i can put music on regular cd-rs and they play and sound great but i know that its not recommended to put data on the audio cd-rs.
I'm just really wondering if its worth it to buy the 80min Audio CD-rs than the 80min CD-rs.. the price is a good difference and i just really dont see any others except for maybe the dye.
If it only makes the sound quality a bit better than i dont really feel like spending that much more
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| lMIlk |
| i dunno i think its a scam. lol |
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| trancearmada |
yeah sounds like a scam to me too! WTF is an 'audio cd-r'???
i think it's just some bull, someone is trying to make money of it or sumthin!? |
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| tranceDJ |
| they're the same...done for idiots to spend more money. There's also 'data only' cd-rs, bull:whip: |
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| Piet |
they are the same as far as I know
"audio quality better?"
no way IMO, you are putting the exact same wave on both cd's the audio quality is exactly the same. |
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| lMIlk |
| the color on the bottom of the cd is a different color...thus reproducing more superior sounding music...its been tested by the cd companies!!! i believe it 100% |
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| Tranex02 |
There might be a difference in the quality??, i havn't noticed any.
I usually buy the regular cd-R that can be used for everything,
My audio cd's sound just fine. |
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| Piet |
i guess so
but when you buy new cd's they don't have a color,
and why would having a different color make for better sound? |
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| lMIlk |
| hmmm yes they do some are blue, silver black and you didn't sense the sarcasmm in the post? :rolleyes: :toothless |
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| Cable |
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Subject: [7-17] What's the difference between "data" and "music" blanks?
(2001/03/12)
"Consumer" stand-alone audio CD recorders require special blanks. See section (5-12) for details. There is no difference in quality or composition between "data" blanks and "music" blanks, except for a flag that indicates which one it is. It's likely that "music" blanks are optimized for recording at 1x, since anything you record "live" is by definition recorded at 1x.
You don't have to use "music" blanks to record music on a computer or "professional" stand-alone audio CD recorder, but nothing will prevent you from doing so.
The "music" blanks are more expensive than the "data" blanks because a portion of the price goes to the music industry. The specifics vary from country to country.
Some manufacturers have on occasion marked low-quality data discs as being "for music", on the assumption that small errors will go unnoticed. Make sure that, if you need the special blanks, you're getting the right thing.
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i hope this answers your questions, heres the wholefaq : http://www.cdrfaq.org/ |
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| Uisgdlyast |
yeah i thought it was just a scam, i mean also why would i bother with just audio cd's when it seems like regular ones can do more?
Actually the color on the bottom is a dye they use, i read an article about it awhile ago and different dyes mean different quality and how well a CD will be read/writen... i think, i know the dye matters when you copy console games because they can read certain ones better |
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| Cable |
| quote: | Originally posted by Uisgdlyast
yeah i thought it was just a scam, i mean also why would i bother with just audio cd's when it seems like regular ones can do more?
Actually the color on the bottom is a dye they use, i read an article about it awhile ago and different dyes mean different quality and how well a CD will be read/writen... i think, i know the dye matters when you copy console games because they can read certain ones better |
from the cdrfaq, again....
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Subject: [7-24] Are "black" discs different from other discs?
(2001/08/27)
Yes and no. Your eyes can tell you that the disc is different, but the laser in the CD player can't.
A "black" disc, popularized by the tint added to Playstation games, has had color added to the polycarbonate layer. Barring manufacturing defects, this coloration is completely invisible to the infrared laser used in CD players.
Some people have suggested that, by blocking other light, the coloration enhances the performance of the disc. This makes about as much sense as drawing around the outside of the disc with a green magic marker (a popular myth from the 1980s).
If you find that "black" discs work poorly or especially well, you haven't discovered anything different from what most owners of CD recorders know: some discs just work better than others. The tint in the plastic isn't likely to be involved
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