Quality Rankings?

[TaiyoYudenRulez]

Hi there,

I'll list the CD-R companies you mentioned in order from good to bad from my experience.

Here goes:
1. Prodisc Technology Inc. (Gold/Gold)
2. Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd. (Silver/Blue)
3. Sony Corp. (Silver/Blue)
4. Prodisc Technology Inc. (Silver/Silver)
5. Princo Corp. (Silver/Silver)
6. Ritek Corp. (Silver/Blue)
8. Ritek Corp. (Silver/Silver)
9. CMC Magnetics Corp. (Silver/Silver)
10. Multi-Media Masters & Machinery (Silver/Silver, Silver/Blue)
11. Ritek Corp. (Silver/Dark Blue)
12. CMC Magnetics (Silver/Dark Blue)
13. Gigastorage Corp. (Silver/Blue, Silver/Silver)

Please note that I've listed several companies more than once because they manufacture different products. Also, I listed Taiyo Yuden because they have been main producers of Sony CD-R's.

Notes:
- Prodisc Gold/Gold is still available, but is rare.
- Princo seem to make good quality CD-Rs under their name, but when they produce the NoName variety of CD-R, they can be unacceptable quality.
- I have had no trouble with Ritek Silver/Blue or Silver/Silver so far, but I've had lots of trouble with Ritek Silver/Dark Blue, which is not out of production, thankfully!!
- Don't even think of purchasing CMC Dark Blue, or Gigastorage Blue. They are unacceptable quality and shouldn't be recorded at over 4x speed.
- MMM&M make acceptable CD-Rs, but they're Made in India...take a chance if you wish...

Thanks for reading.

TYR.