This may be stating the obvious, but the link below refers to the
quality of DVDs, not CD-Rs. It places a particular batch of DVDs
produced by MAM-A and MAM-E in 2005 in the category of "fake" because
they use a TDK code, but are apparently not up to the standards of
quality one would normally expect from TDK. As far as I can tell, it
states nothing about the quality of MAM-A and "archival" CD-Rs.
Christie Peterson
Project Archivist, Muskie Archives & Special Collections
Bates College
70 Campus Avenue
Lewiston, ME 04240-6018
(t) 207-753-6918
(f) 207-755-5911
Elliott Hancock wrote:
> I am curious what the experts on this list have to say about the
> information in the following link which rates discs. It places MAM-A
> and archival discs in the "sham" category.
>
> http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
>
>
> Elliott Hancock
> Assistant Manager
> Ozark Folk Center
> Mountain View, AR 72560
> Phone: 870-269-3851
> Fax: 870-269-2909
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frank Strauss
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:05 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mitsui / MAM-A Gold CD's
>
> On 11/1/06, Charles Lawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Tom Fine wrote:
>>
>>> I've never seen a fingerprint on any of the hundreds of Mitsui/MAM
>>>
> gold
>
>>> discs I've burned for myself
>>> and clients. Neither have I ever had a failure or returned disc.
>>>
>> That used to be my experience, too...until the change in
>>
> manufacturing.
>
>> As I said before, the average is about 1 out of 25 (I've been buying
>>
> the
>
>> discs in 25-count cartons).
>>
>> Best of luck to everyone else...
>>
>
>
> I just looked at all the discs in a recently purchased 25 count carton,
> and
> all were pristine. The cd cases are marked "Made in USA or France."
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