Static and deterioration on burned audio CDs

Originally Posted by Render

After a bit of reading, I've been using a brand called Taiyo Yuden for a while now, and they've been excellent.

Please allow me to add a second endorsement of Taiyo Yuden, because they are by far the best discs I have ever used. Just look out for fake TY. Buy only from respectable dealers.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Maico

Thanks for the tips. How can I know if a dealer is respectable

Word of mouth I guess. I use SVP here in the UK, but I heard that Rima are the way to go for Americans.

http://www.rima.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv

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or if the discs I get are actual TY discs though?

The packaging for one. TY usually discs come in a distinctive cakebox that holds 100 discs. It is slightly tapered towards the top. You'll learn to recognise it after your first batch. The second thing to note is that real TY have a code printed on the hub which should be something like TG00xxx, GG00xxx or GH00xxx. There are others, but it should be at least something of that style. Fakes tend to lack that code altogether.

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