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CD-R vs. CD-R Audio

I've looked for and asked for an answer to this question just about everywhere I can...  Are Audio CD-Rs better for recording audio CDs or are they just for use in home theater CD recorders.  Every time I ask I get a different answer. 

CD-R vs. CD-R Audio

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I've looked for and asked for an answer to this question just about everywhere I can... Are Audio CD-Rs better for recording audio CDs or are they just for use in home theater CD recorders. Every time I ask I get a different answer.


Audio CD-Rs are not any different from regular CD-Rs.  They just cost more because some of the money goes to record companies (I think).  Don't buy them...

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"Digital Audio" CD-R's contain a stamped code before the lead-in of the disc that "tells" a stand-alone CD-R recorder that you paid the recording industry a royalty.  That is the only physical difference between a computer CD-R and audio ones. Again, don't buy them unless you have to, e.g. you are using a standalone audio CD-RW deck.
 

CD-R vs. CD-R Audio

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 (My jaw just hit the floor!)  Fascinating!  Thanks!

CD-R vs. CD-R Audio

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What ?! After having asked this everywhere you can, no one could tell you this ? It's a FAQ here, in CDFreaks, in Afterdawn... and in the CDR FAQ 

CD-R vs. CD-R Audio

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If you have a 'real' (standalone) CD recorder, you'll have to use audio CD-Rs. Common CD-Rs do no work. (But why? Would it be designed not to accept the common, royalty-free CD-Rs?)

EDIT: the just-mentioned FAQ says altering the hardware would make the standalone recorder accept the  common CD-Rs. So the answer to my question is very probably 'yes'.

CD-R vs. CD-R Audio

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Yes that's right, and stadalone burners for recording studios can record non audio CDRs. There surprisingly was a Teac burner capable of burning CDRs in a shop (they told me they didn't have the right to sell it).
Usually, the Teac stuff is for the public. The professional stuff from the same manufacturer is called Tascam. You know, the ones with the frontal plate to be screwed in racks.