Re: [ARSCLIST] Gold discs manufacturers

[Heath Condiotte <hcondiotte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steven,

    Did they happen to mention why they were closing them out?  When I was
there these were a "hot" item. Granted, I last worked there about 2 years
ago...

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 Steven Smolian
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 11:53 AM
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Gold discs manufacturers


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
> >