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Hi Martin,
not sure what they had done exactly, but I am sure that their CD players
would not play 4x, wheras 2x did work.
I have a HP8200i and I think it was probably Samsung CDR.

Cheers

John

Groovey band website
http://www.grooveyband.co.uk/

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----- Original Message -----
From: Marvin Humphrey <marvin@...>
To: <logic-ot@egroups.com>
Sent: 23 November 2000 04:47
Subject: Re: [L-OT] CD burning and POD


> John Matthews...
>
> > CD burning
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> > The only thing I can say for sure is that some of my friends cheapo CD
> > players will not play 4X burnt CD's wheras 2X play fine, although 2 of
these
> > people had their lazer on the player re- aligned, and this helped.
>
> Could you elaborate on this with specifics, please?  What burner and what
> media?  Who offers the service of "laser realignment" and what does it
> entail?
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> >
> > My CD player- a rather better than average one (Arcam Alpha 5) has
played
> > absolutely every CD I have burnt- including audio CD's recorded onto
CD-RW,
> > wheras my Sony portable CD player will play all CD-R's but refuses to
touch
> > audio CD-RW's, shame as this is a neat way of testing a mix on different
> > audio systems before permanently burning a CD. Any ideas?
>
> CDRW media has about 30% of the reflectivity of a mass-manufactured CD (if
> memory serves), which tends to deep six it with a lot of players.  CDR
media
> has about 70% of the reflectivity, producing occasional compatibility
> issues, but not with such frequency as CDRW.
>
> -- Marvin Humphrey
> Mastering Engineer and Graphic Designer, emeritus
> Mr. Toad's, San Francisco, California, USA
> CD design website - http://marvin.mrtoads.com
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