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Just received this email from Amazon offering a Benedetti recording for $15.99.
It states that they will make a recordable CD upon request. All of the CD-R's that I've made over the years eventually start to deteriorate, unlike my normal CD's.
Are they doing something different with theirs? Or is this a rip-off?
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If you don't want to pay for a CD-R, but still want the music, download the MP3 and either burn your own CD-R or store it on ac drive.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
Isn't that a downgrade in sound quality?
I just want the higher quality pressed CD or a lesser priced CD-R.
It's a downgrade in sound quality for modern day recordings. But the audio quality of those old tapes is likely not so great anyway, so the MP3 might not make much difference with those.
That said, I agree with you. I don't like paying high prices for inferior products. And a CD-r is not a commercially pressed CD (which is not a NM vinyl record).
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
They are probably using cheap CD's. There is certainly a huge difference in the quality of those things, just like the cassette tapes used to be. Don't be suckered in by the "for music " ones, though, they aren't necessarily any better.
I was going to add that quite often, even a pressed CD will not sound as good as a copy of it on a hard drive does.
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The CD-R's I bought from the local BestBuy have started to skip and stick after 4-5 years. The burned medium isn't nearly as stable as the pressed one.
I know I can put them on my hard drive and re-record them but that is exactly why I shouldn't have to pay full price for one from Amazon.
. . . you should copy them to your computer hard disk.
A pressed disc is practically forever. The CD-R will deteriorate within the next 8 years.
I have to back up the CD-R and re-burn it.
OTOH, if the burned disc is the only game in town, then beggars can't be choosers, and the seller will charge what he thinks the market will bear.
Every three years you should copy ALL of your music files to a new hard drive?
So he needs to copy his hard drive of backed up CD-Rs to a new hard drive every three years. Got it! Just having fun with you! I always enjoy reading your posts. :)
Edits: 03/20/11
but I've never had a problem with their CD-Rs (see link) -
"You weren't afraid of being born--why would you be afraid of dying?" Alan Watts
Where does it say they use CD-R's? All the discs appear (at least to me) to be originals.
Am I missing something?
Thanks.
I did get one of these Amazon CD-Rs of a Marco Polo CD. I wasn't paying attention to the fine print. I was a bit peeved, but it plays OK. I also have several ArchivCD CD-Rs from Archivmusic, and haven't had any trouble with them so far.
I have had trouble with CD-Rs from other sources.
I would recommend ripping CD-Rs immediately with a good quality ripper -- like EAC, dbPoweramp or XLD. Aside from making a backup, it's also a good check of the CD-R if you don't have time to listen through it for defects.
If they're not providing the same quality then they shouldn't charge the same price. You shouldn't have to rip another copy for safe keeping or error check.
And I don't like the "fine print" aspect of telling me.
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