I too use both TY and MAM-A and find that to get good results with MAM-A through the Clover analyzer, I must burn at a slower speed (4x max.). John Gibbs University of Washington Music Library Box 353450 Seattle, WA 98195-3450 On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, [log in to unmask] wrote: > Here's a question for those who use cd-r for preservation. > > I have used Taiyo Yuden and Mitsui for the last 8 years. In that time TY has always come out of my burners with much better quality as demonstrated by a Clover Systems analyzer. My question is, if TY has a consistently better error rate than Mitsui, is there any reason for me to use Mitsui at all? I know the arguments for and against phthalocyanine. What do you all say? > > Leaning towards TY exclusively, > Kevin Irelan >