Black Lathed CD-R Vs Original Lathed CD

So how did it go at my end? Intersesting to say the least. I Firstly tried the Original Vs Black Lathed CD-R, The CD-R was recording  was done via PC via my Yamaha Writer. I Used Anita Baker's  Rapture CD for the test.

Straight from the first seconds it was clear to my ears that the original was by far superior, the Black  Lathed CD-R lacked that certain presence, and the Stereo Width that was projected by the Original. The Origianal had a larger and wider soundstage.  So 1 -0 to the Original, at the moment...

I decided then to loose the PC side of things, and  use my old Phillips CD-R 880  Audio Recorder, I'd stopped using a Few years back, as it was sometmes playing up, probably I figured it was from being used so much. Anyway one of the great things with the CD-R880, is you can cheat the machine, and get it to burn standard CD-R's,saying you lots of money.

Using My Meridian 500 Transport, the Phillips recorded the Memorex Black  Lathed CD-R, without a hitch. On Playback, it was now a different story, what an improvement, but was it better that the original....No. Infact I couldn't tell them apart! And thats was track after track.

So after all of that, IMO Black CD-R is superior compaired to Normal CD Media Lathed or Not, but a Black Lathed  can be  equal to an original depending on how you record your CD-R's, which is an completley different thread on its own!