"Music" CD-Rs vs normal CD-Rs.. doesn't matter right?

[sadus69]

Personally I always just get Sony's because it's the only decent brand they always have in my area.. However my parents were buying some blank cds the other day and noticed that the supposed "Music" cds are more expensive than the regular blank cds. They asked an old lady clerk in Wal-mart and the old lady told them "if you want your music to sound good you have to get the music cd-r's not the regular ones" but I'm 98% sure that's utter bullshit, and that saying the cd-r's are good for "music" is just a way to try to get people to spend extra $$ on them. Since its all digital, a copy is a copy is a copy, I could see trying to make cd-r's that don't scratch as easily etc but those would be just as good for data cds as music.. It has got to just be a marketing ploy.

I remembered this site (cdmediaworld) from 2 or 3 years ago (was surprised I actually remembered the URL hehe)... Did a little catching up on the site today but I couldn't find this mentioned anywhere.. I was just hoping someone could confirm that supposed "music" cd-r's are just as good as regular ones (of the same brand). I realize if the "music" cd-r's were made in a different better cd factory than the regular ones it could matter.. But just because it says "music" on the spindle doesn't mean a damn thing does it?

thanks!
Sadus

[TaiyoYudenRulez]

G'day from Australia,

CD-R's for Music are just normal CD-R's coded to be recorded on stand-alone CD Recorders, or recorders built in to hi-fi systems. There is no need to fork out the extra $$$'s for these CD-R's if you are burning them on a computer, because, quality wise, they are the same as normal "Professional Use" CD-R's.

When buying CD-R's, however, you should stick to the rules presented to you by CDMediaWorld, and only buy CD-R's made by reputable manufacturers. One exception is Ritek -- they have improved over the last few years and I've had no troubles getting perfect burns and getting them to read in my car stereo.

TYR.

[Kiriakos]

No difference in quality. The extra $$$ is some kind of royalty for the copying of music.

[sadus69]

Thanks TYR, that makes perfect sense.

And LOL to the 2nd person who replied!! I don't think so.

[darshanjog]

Yes, there is no quality difference in Music CD-Rs & normal CD-Rs.

[Bandiet]

Originally posted by Kiriakos
No difference in quality. The extra $$$ is some kind of royalty for the copying of music.

I don't think this is bullshit, i heard it before..

[Kyriakos]

I am sure I am right about the royalty premium. Search it around Sadus69.

[Bandiet]

I've looked it up, here in The Netherlands we pay € 0.14 fee for a datacdr and € 0.52 fee for an audiorecordable!

[Kyriakos]

Here is a post that may shed some light to the royalty issue.

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=2373457

[Kyriakos]

Here is another link that confirms my point.

http://www.cdrom-guide.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56577

[themis_t]

alll is about the money...no advantages in music cds than regular cds...if you don't wan't to believe it then go and buy your music cds,it's just a waste of money and i don't like wasting my money,if you do then go for it..

[podunkviller]

if you really wanna stick it to the RIAA, steal them