Curtis,
 
The Mitsui archival gold discs (marked as "Prostudio" in Europe) are designed to be burned at lower (1-12x) speeds, whereas the "non-archival" equivalents are apparently optimised for higher burn speeds. Not sure of any other differences.
 
Regards,
 
Will
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From: Peoples, Curtis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 24 June 2003 21:04
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Subject: [ARSCLIST] Mitsui CDRS

We are going to purchase some Mitsui CDRs for our oral history collection. I was wondering, are the archival gold quality cds really that much better than the regular Mitsui golds? There is about a 20 cent price difference, which can add up quickly.
 
Curtis Peoples
Archivist
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Texas Tech University
Southwest Collections Special Collections Library
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1041
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