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    I am going to copy some music to play in my car CD player. I have had some CD's with drop out problems in certain sections of the disc. I was wondering what is a good brand of CD's to burn to that will last. Also I heard that it is better to burn at a slow speed ie 4X to get good quality recordings. Also I see some CD media is labeled for music and some CD media is labeled for media. Of course I know that the media will play in my cd player but is it better to spend the extra money on the music CD's to get better quality CD's
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    Personally I like TDK CDs. But I've used several different ones over the years and the only ones that were really any problem were some of the in-store brands from Circuit City, etc.

    As far as I know you don't get better quality CDs if you buy music CDs. I've never found any difference between music and data media other than price. I believe the music media costs more because a percentage of the cost is a royalty paid to the music industry.
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    Yeah there's no real difference between music and regular CDRs, the music ones just have a media tax on them to subsidize the music industry and most if not all hardware audio recorders require music cdrs.
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    Not to insult anyone, but TDK discs are crap. They use a dye that is known to be inferior. This may be more than you really want to pay but
    http://store.mam-a-store.com/index.html
    sells Gold Archive quality CD-Rs that use a good quality dye known to last and they have a gold layer because gold is known to not oxidize. If you want to save a little money, their Silver discs should be pretty good.

    There's no real difference between whether a disc is marked for data or music, but the dye that is used could be important if you care about long term use of the disc.
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    Originally Posted by troyvcd1
    Also I heard that it is better to burn at a slow speed ie 4X to get good quality recordings.
    IMO that is just a relic from the days when CD burning was as unstable and unpredictable as DL DVD burning is these days. It's really not an issue with CDs today IMO. I burn CDs at max (52X max) all the time without any issues.
    If in doubt, Google it.
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