this product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recording media

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Thoughts on some CDs on Amazon being burned on demand?

I bought the “New York Trio - Always” CD.

“CD-Rs and DVD-Rs (the "R" stands for "recordable") look like the discs you're used to and offer the same audio and image quality. This recordable media is used to manufacture titles on demand, as fully authorized by the content provider.

Through manufacturing on demand, CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com group of companies, enables Amazon.com to offer music and video content that might not otherwise be available. Each disc comes fully packaged, with artwork, in a standard jewel case for audio and an Amaray case for video, although for reissued products the artwork may differ from the original.”
 
I bought a CD like that on accident, I didn't notice the disclaimer. It played and sounded alright.

It would make you skeptical on the quality of the recording. However, if it's out of print and you really like it, then it is worth a chance.
 
I have bought a few over the years, and they have all been fine. However, Amazon should let us download the files, and skip the burn, ship, steps.
 
Reading this thread it occurred to me that this is the future for physical media. If you don’t want the download, or it doesn’t exist, then the vendor can burn a disc. :)
 
I would be a little concerned about longevity vs. a traditionally manufactured CD. That’s not an issue for most of us who rip their discs to hard drives anyway.
 
A good point, I've had CD's I purchased in the 80's that still play fine, I have some that were burned and given to me that now skip. The skipping is not from any damage like scratches, it's just some type of deterioration.

I have to wonder how Amazon records a CD compares to a factory disc.

W9TR said:
I would be a little concerned about longevity vs. a traditionally manufactured CD. That’s not an issue for most of us who rip their discs to hard drives anyway.
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W9TR said:
I would be a little concerned about longevity vs. a traditionally manufactured CD. That’s not an issue for most of us who rip their discs to hard drives anyway.
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That is my concern as well. I have demo CDs I take to shows. They sound great so I know it is possible to burn an excellent sounding CD. What I do not know is their longevity. Since I save all my CDs, even ones I have loaded on my server, I want them to outlast me.
 
CD-R discs use an organic dye as a key component of the writable media layer. This organic dye is susceptible to UV degradation and general degradation over time. Different manufacturers use proprietary dye formulations and some are better than others. Unfortunately is is impossible to tell which brands are using which dyes.

Contrast this to commercially manufactured CD’s whose data layer is a much more stable aluminum alloy.

Tom
 
W9TR said:
CD-R discs use an organic dye as a key component of the writable media layer. This organic dye is susceptible to UV degradation and general degradation over time. Different manufacturers use proprietary dye formulations and some are better than others. Unfortunately is is impossible to tell which brands are using which dyes.

Contrast this to commercially manufactured CD’s whose data layer is a much more stable aluminum alloy.

Tom
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Interesting to know. This corroborates my experience. My CD-R were more prone to damage than the manufactured CDs. In any event, if I were to purchase a CD (haven’t done so in years though) I would rip it and don’t bother with the CD after doing so.
 
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