Re: [ARSCLIST] Gold discs manufacturers

[Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've just gotten off the phone with American Digital.  They are closing
these discs out and are not reordering them.  They therefore cannot be used
for future production planning.

Steven Smolian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heath Condiotte" <hcondiotte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Gold discs manufacturers


> Having spent some time at American Digital, I can vouch for the increased
> ruggedness of the Klone Gold compared to the "standard" Mitsui gold.  The
> Klone has a thicker, heavier top-coat that, in my opinion, is far superior
> to the top coat Mitsui uses for it's own Gold discs.  Why Mitsui does not
> put this coating on their own CD-rs is beyond me, but I for one, prefer
the
> Klone.
>
> For reference, the Klone silver CD-r is NOT manufactured by Mitsui.  Only
> the Golds are outsourced to MAM.  Last I heard, the silvers were being
> manufactured by CMC Magnetics, but this could very well have changed since
I
> was there.
>
> Happy friday,
>
> Heath
>
> Heath Condiotte
> Audio Engineer
> Xepa Digital
> www.xepadigital.com
> hcondiotte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (724)794-3686 phone
> (724)794-3292 fax
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Aaron Z Snyder
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 1:54 PM
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Gold discs manufacturers
>
>
> This isn't exactly another manufacturer, but Klone, which seems to be a
> private label of American Digital (www.klone.com and
> www.american-digital.com) has a gold CD which is advertised as being more
> rugged than MAM-A. The irony is that Klone CDs are *made by* MAM-A.
They're
> a little more expensive, claim to have extra protective surfacing to
> increase ruggedness, and claim to have a 300-year lifetime. I don't know
if
> there's any evidence, anecdotal or otherwise, which verifies these claims.
I
> *can* tell you that I've bought MAM-A CDs from American Digital at very
good
> prices, and that their deliveries are reliable. They have T-Y CDs, but no
> gold ones.
>
> Aaron Z
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> > [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steven Smolian
> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 1:27 PM
> > To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Gold discs manufacturers
> >
> >
> > Is anyone beside Mistsui-MAM offering gold reflective surface
> > discs at present?
> >
> > Kodak's seems to be discontinued, and so has that of T-Y,
> > according to a recent phone conversation I had with them, though
> > some are still in warehouse.
> >
> > Any others?
> >
> > Steve Smolian
> >