# CD-R quality

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-r-quality/279216>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 10, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-r-quality/279216 "2004-12-10T21:55:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-r-quality/279216/21 "2004-12-14T17:17:56Z")

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    - Pretty much everything there is to know about making CD-R’s can be found at [http://www.cdrfaq.org/](http://www.cdrfaq.org/)

- And there’s another similar site for DVD’s as well: [http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html](http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html)  
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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-r-quality/279216/22 "2004-12-14T20:59:51Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Often, CDRs marked specifically for ‘audio use’ are simply better quality (and therefore generally more expensive than generic data CDRs - very often they also have a ‘silver’ recording surface (as opposed to one that appears dark blue or something) and this can make the difference between whether or not they will work in some older CD players.

I disagree.  
Based on information from a friend who works at one of the major manufacturers of CD-R’s. He says that they all come off the same assembly line, some marked as ‘audio use’ and some not. Based strictly on what type is needed in the warehouse. (They also are marked with any one of about a half-dozen different brand names, too. All coming off the same assembly line.)

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**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-r-quality/279216/23 "2004-12-14T22:11:50Z")

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> What’s the difference between CD-R’s that are labeled as being for music and those that are general purpose?

**Subject: [7-17] What’s the difference between “data” and “music” blanks?**[http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7-17](http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7-17)  
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