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We’ve switched to “core” labels which do not cover any of the disc’s data area, but still provide ample space for printed information (with a small font!). David Glasser Chief Engineer 303-247-9035 [log in to unmask] > On Dec 9, 2016, at 1:46 PM, Gary A. Galo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Unfortunately I am experiencing the same thing. Thank The Force for printable CD-Rs! > > Gary > > ____________________________ > > Gary Galo > Audio Engineer Emeritus > The Crane School of Music > SUNY at Potsdam, NY 13676 > > "Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener." > Arnold Schoenberg > > "A true artist doesn't want to be admired, he wants to be believed." > Igor Markevitch > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Burnham > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 3:35 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Sticky CD sleeves > > This is off topic but I found that the paper labels designed for CDRs render the discs useless after a few years. > > db > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 9, 2016, at 2:50 PM, Inigo Cubillo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Years ago, as I reached 200 CDs in my personal collection, I decided >> to buy one of those pretty neat soft suitcases made to store 200 CDs >> in 8-pocket sheets bounded as in a book. That was an era when I used >> to travel a lot, for medium-large stays at construction sites, and I >> wanted to take my CD collection with me. I had acquired an also pretty >> neat CITIZEN brand CD player, back in 1991, which is sized like a pile >> of five CD cases, to give you an idea. So to move from site to site >> with the player and the 200-CD suitcase seemed quite reasonable. The >> player is quite good; it still is my home CD player, still in good >> shape and perfect working order. Back in '91 it costed to me some >> $400, which by then was a serious expense for me. The good quality and >> endurance have largely ustified the expense! During these years I've had other CD players that regularly have failed in two years! >> Anyway, back to the subject... The CD suitcase was useful for three >> months or so. Then I noticed that the treat I was giving to the CDs, >> when extracting them from the pockets and storing them back, was not >> good for preserving them, if only because of the friction of the disc >> surfaces against the plastic and the cloth of the pockets. I read >> somewhere that this in the end will scratch and ruin the CDs, while >> the proper storage in plastic cases avoided any scratching, for the >> disc is taken from the front, and the cases hold them only by the >> center hole. I discarded the suitcase and put all the discs again in their original cases, forgetting the idea. >> Of course, almost all my original CDs, 25 years after, still work >> fine. One or two of certain brands have deteriorated until unplayable, >> but this was a problem of manufacture, as I read later. >> Invariably, a few ones that were copies from the originals, have all >> failed. >> I've also noticed the sticky ink problem with the toner used in paper >> photocopies when stored in PVC bags. These are ruined on a few months! >> Inigo Cubillo