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CD Player won't recognize recordable CD

Posted by Doktor Brahms on May 20, 2021 at 08:11:14:
Greetings. I've been on the Asylum for years, but this is my first posting on Digital Drive, so please be gentle.

I ordered some CDs from High Definition Tape Transfers (HDTT), an outfit that sells remastered recordings as either downloads or physical discs. One of the discs is a gold recordable CD of string quartets. When I tried to play this disc on my Esoteric K-05, I got an error message. I reported this to HDTT and they promptly sent a replacement, but the results are the same--the replacement disc wouldn't load in the K-05. The disc will play on my PC's disc drive and also on the Panasonic blu-ray player in my home theater set-up. The K-05 owner's manual states that recordable CDs will not play if they have not been finalized; this could be the issue. I would note that the other disc, which is a garden-variety CD rather than a gold disc, plays perfectly fine.

I'm stumped. Does anyone have a possible explanation, an educated guess, or a wild theory? All responses would be welcome.

Thanks!