RE: arsclist Gold Audio CDR

["Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:37 AM 5/13/2002 -0700, Mike Richter wrote:

> Semi-professional standalone recorders are not so restricted and also 
> relieve the constraint on multiple digital copies. As a result, premium 
> media are not commonly designated Digital Audio. A relevant sidelight is 
> that only older media formulations are appropriate for Digital Audio 
> media. The machines are designed to record in real time from analogue 
> input. Therefore, the must record at 1x, impossible for an HS erasable; 
> almost certainly very poor if permitted at all for a typical write-once 
> blank. Thus, there are both nominal (royalty) and practical (formulation) 
> differences between the two types of media.

The Sony CDRW-33 seems to work quite well with standard Mitsui Gold blanks 
(despite what the manual says). I have not done extensive tests. It does 
not require special audio discs and it has received good listening reviews.

Cheers,

Richard

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