It has been my experience that I have had the most luck with Music CD-R discs that have a dark blue background . Sony was selling their Music CD-R discs with the dark blue dye background . It has come to my attention that they have went to the silver disc . Does anyone know if anybody else makes the blue background Music CD-r's ?
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KentTeffeteller
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Those are getting hard to find. And you have few choices with Music CD-R media anymore. I think WTS Media still has them (100 minimum order in bulk). They are reliable and excellent to do business with.
KentTeffeteller
Gimpus Stereophilus!
Music Audio 12x. These are some of the few old school discs which work well in consumer standalone recorders.
dewdude
High on resolution.
The dark blue was just one type of dye used years ago.
Everyone now uses the pale green. Its cheaper and just about as stable. It was found to be a middleground...there was better compatability with the pale green dye.
The bbest ones weren't the dark blue...but the aquamarine colored dye..it was also some of the most expensive. But those drives worked in drives that normally didn't read CD-Rs.
I'm not out there really comparison shopping dye colors these days. 90% of the time its the same stuff.
Everyone now uses the pale green. Its cheaper and just about as stable. It was found to be a middleground...there was better compatability with the pale green dye.
The bbest ones weren't the dark blue...but the aquamarine colored dye..it was also some of the most expensive. But those drives worked in drives that normally didn't read CD-Rs.
I'm not out there really comparison shopping dye colors these days. 90% of the time its the same stuff.
dodog
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I'm assuming you meant Taiyo Yuden (TY)? For some reason those are always "Out Of Stock" on newegg where they used to be dirt cheap.
KrisM
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My guess is the OP's recorder needs the Music CDRs.
That was my impression as well. I have a Pioneer PDR-509 which I use to digitize vinyl. While "music" branded CD-R's aren't terribly hard to find (I've found them at Radio Shack and K-Mart), the selection is poor. I don't think too many manufacturers make them any more (I've seen Memorex and TDK). I bought a spindle at K-Mart around a year ago (TDK) but they don't have the dark blue background. I've never tried a music CD-R with a blue color, so I can't say how it compares. I personally wouldn't purchase the Memorex discs though. The TDK have worked fine for me so far, but as they say your mileage might vary :yes:
Yes, Taiyo Yuden. You can get TY at Rima.com or Supermedia.com.
Ah, yes could be. Most consumer recorders do need the music CDRs.
They should work fine in professional recorders just fine. I use verbatim CDRWs in my Tascam CDR900SL. Most consumer recorders (Teac, etc) won't use anything but Music CDRs so TY or otherwise won't work.
You are correct sir .