Maxell CD-R Pro Series With Spindle, 700MB/80 Minutes, Pack Of 25 Review

i just received these cd-r's in the mail. compared them to the tdk audio blanks i had been using, and found that the maxell pro's are almost twice as thick.they are also thicker than commercially bought cd's.
however, i burned one of the maxell pro's last night on my dedicated cd recorder at 1x speed, and there was no problem. it played back faultlessly in both my home cd player and also in my car unit.
although, as i've already mentioned, they have additional thickness, they played perfectly with no jamming issues.
as far as the audio playback, one thing that stood out for me was that the loudness using the maxell pro's was noticably increased over the high end tdk's i'd been using.
because i'll never get into the ipod generation, i'll continue to burn cd-r's and i'll definitely be using these maxell pro's.
excellent product.
buyer alert: i mentioned that i use a dedicated cd recorder; it's a professional brand that records on any type of cd-r.if you have a dedicated cd recorder that requires 'audio or music only' cd-r's, i'm not sure that these will work in those machines.there's no info on the packaging that says otherwise. if you do need 'music only' cd-r's, i would recommend highly the tdk 'music' cd-r's. i've burned over 100 of them and have not created a coaster yet.tdk's cd-rw 'music only' blanks are also excellent. both tdk products can be purchased thru amazon.

ps: cd players circa 2001 and before do not like cd-r's. that includes home and car models.

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