Good Quality CD-Rs

 I sometimes copy my LPs onto CD, and i have a problem.
           It's getting hard to find good quality blank CD-Rs. The quality of a CD-R depends on the dye it's made with: green dyes are the lowest quality, blue dyes are good, and golden-yellow dyes are the highest archival quality.
           You can tell the colour of a CD by laying a tissue over the surface to block the rainbow reflection. Does anybody know a brand or model of blue CD-Rs?

*Special Note* It has been pointed out that i am wrong, that the color of dye used is not an indicator of the quality of your disc.


Edited by presdoug - August 20 2012 at 20:18

I went to check some in my collection that were made by others.  Jack Lancaster's Marscape is green.  But I got Ultra Violins by and from Darryl Way (he autographed the front label "to Brian" ) it's black.  I've got an old Imation and a Maxell that are blue.  They really should let you know on the box, don't you think?

Edited by Slartibartfast - August 18 2012 at 17:10

I don't think it makes a difference. It's just pits. The only thing to worry is if it will detirorate

Edited by Snow Dog - August 18 2012 at 17:03

This link is very informative, thanks a lot, Brian

Gerinski wrote: The latests I have used are Fuji and Sony printable and both look green.   I have quite a few CD-Rs as among my friends we used to exchange original CDs bought by each of us and make copies for eachother, I know we must not encourage copying here but this is the same we always did since the times of cassette tapes, it's micro-scale and nothing to do with nowadays macro-scale pirating.   I really hope all these CD-Rs will not stop playing, many of them are already over 20 years old   Although if it's light what can deteriorate them it should be no problem, I keep them nicely in their cases.

Yeah, any copying that i have done is a single copy of a recording my friend has, and is just for me and for my private use only
            According to the link from Slarti's post, the color of the dye used in CD-Rs is not indicative of the quality of the disc at all. Looks like the premise of my thread is wrong.


Edited by presdoug - August 19 2012 at 12:50

yp im also getting annoyed by low quality cd's,and if you listen to prog rock you must have high quality sound.

i always buy my cd's in  stores who sell such supplies,like sound speakers,... they are really expensive but they are worth it.





Edited by Cloud Forest - August 19 2012 at 16:54

presdoug wrote: Gerinski wrote: The latests I have used are Fuji and Sony printable and both look green.   I have quite a few CD-Rs as among my friends we used to exchange original CDs bought by each of us and make copies for eachother, I know we must not encourage copying here but this is the same we always did since the times of cassette tapes, it's micro-scale and nothing to do with nowadays macro-scale pirating.   I really hope all these CD-Rs will not stop playing, many of them are already over 20 years old   Although if it's light what can deteriorate them it should be no problem, I keep them nicely in their cases. Yeah, any copying that i have done is a single copy of a recording my friend has, and is just for me and for my private use only             According to the link from Slarti's post, the color of the dye used in CD-Rs is not indicative of the quality of the disc at all. Looks like the premise of my thread is wrong.

Edited by Snow Dog - August 20 2012 at 04:18

Snow Dog wrote: presdoug wrote: Gerinski wrote: The latests I have used are Fuji and Sony printable and both look green.   I have quite a few CD-Rs as among my friends we used to exchange original CDs bought by each of us and make copies for eachother, I know we must not encourage copying here but this is the same we always did since the times of cassette tapes, it's micro-scale and nothing to do with nowadays macro-scale pirating.   I really hope all these CD-Rs will not stop playing, many of them are already over 20 years old   Although if it's light what can deteriorate them it should be no problem, I keep them nicely in their cases. Yeah, any copying that i have done is a single copy of a recording my friend has, and is just for me and for my private use only             According to the link from Slarti's post, the color of the dye used in CD-Rs is not indicative of the quality of the disc at all. Looks like the premise of my thread is wrong. Yeah I said so. Before anyone.

Snow Dog wrote: presdoug wrote: Gerinski wrote: The latests I have used are Fuji and Sony printable and both look green.   I have quite a few CD-Rs as among my friends we used to exchange original CDs bought by each of us and make copies for eachother, I know we must not encourage copying here but this is the same we always did since the times of cassette tapes, it's micro-scale and nothing to do with nowadays macro-scale pirating.   I really hope all these CD-Rs will not stop playing, many of them are already over 20 years old   Although if it's light what can deteriorate them it should be no problem, I keep them nicely in their cases. Yeah, any copying that i have done is a single copy of a recording my friend has, and is just for me and for my private use only             According to the link from Slarti's post, the color of the dye used in CD-Rs is not indicative of the quality of the disc at all. Looks like the premise of my thread is wrong. Yeah I said so. Before anyone.

Sorry, i had meant to refer to your statement as well

I'm afraid that after Fukushima we will see increasingly strange colours in all the Japan-made CD-Rs