Tom Fine wrote: >I've never seen a fingerprint on any of the hundreds of Mitsui/MAM gold >discs I've burned for myself >and clients. Neither have I ever had a failure or returned disc.
That used to be my experience, too...until the change in manufacturing.
As I said before, the average is about 1 out of 25 (I've been buying the discs in 25-count cartons).
Best of luck to everyone else...
I just looked at all the discs in a recently purchased 25 count carton, and all were pristine. The cd cases are marked "Made in USA or France."
-- Frank B Strauss, DMD