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In Reply to: Re: The BEST CD 'Tweak' Yet posted by hahax on May 17, 2005 at 20:12:14:
Not all black CDR's are made the same. A CD can be any color you like, colored dye is injected into the protective polycarbonate layer the laser passes through. Some belive that a black dyed polycarbonate layer somehow absorbs scattered laser light and reduces jitter, or otherwise does something to make CD's sound better. Others belive that at a 780nm wavelength, the laser of a CD player burns right through the polycarbonate layer, unaffected.What does make a big difference is the type of dye used on the recording surface. There are many different types, and it's impossible to tell by looking at the disc what type of recording dye is being used. The good stuff is made by either Mitsui or Taiyo Yuden of Japan. Ritek also makes decent discs, but Mitusi and Taiyo are considered the best. Most other discs are made by Prodisc and CMC, and aren't signifigantly different from each other.
The only way to tell who made a disc is to pop it in a CD burner, and use a utility like Nero CD Info, which can decode the manufactuer's ID from the blank CDR.
Mitsui and Taiyo Yuden discs are hard to find in stores. Some Fuji discs are made by Taiyo, Mitsui are almost never found in retail establishments (they're expensive.) The easiest place to find both is online.
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