Hi, Lou,
It is hard to pin down facts, but I do think that Jerry Hartke has made
the point that CD-R is a complex system and the writers, media, and
readers all contribute to the success.
One comment is I don't think that anything we knew in the mid 1990s
applies today. It might be like the mouse connector on a PC, morphing
from 9-pin RS232 to mini-DIN and now USB for the most part with perhaps
other iterations. When I got seriously involved with CD-R in 1998, 74
minute disks were the norm. I think I started with a Yamaha drive and
when that failed, I went to Plextor and have never gone back.
Another anecdote to show how sensitive and crazy this can get. I bought
some new PCs recently, and Dell offered me a CD/DVD writer plus a
CD/DVD/BD writer in the two slots. I took them up on it. The first time
I tried burning an audio CD in the CD/DVD drive it failed. I immediately
replaced it with a Plextor. It's been fine since. The BD drive that came
with the machine was fine burning CDs and Nero will dual-burn in the
Plextor and the BD simultaneously for data DVDs (at least). I use
Samplitude to burn CDs one at a time.
So, even today you can have finicky drives <sigh>.
No facts here, however.
Cheers,
Richard
On 2011-04-24 8:21 PM, Lou Judson wrote:
> Anyone know facts about the early 60 minute CD-Rs? All I know is a
> studio manager who hoarded them from us engineers... saying they
> sounded or worked better somehow...
>
> <L>
> Lou Judson
> Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
> On Apr 24, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Richard L. Hess wrote:
>
>> "true standard" 74-minute disc to the 80-minute one.
>
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