dkozin's Full Review: Maxell (625132) 32x CD-R Jewel Case Storage Media ...
I frequently record music on CD-R discs (mostly making copies of music CDs and sometimes burning music CDs from MP3 files purchased online). Because of this, I buy a lot of CD-R media (both general purpose and music CD-R). If you have a computer or a standalone CD burner and prefer listening to CDs at home over to MP3, or your car has no MP3 capability, you obviously need CD-R media. General purpose CD-R media works in computer burners, whereas CD-R Music discs can be recorded onto using both computer CD burners and standalone music CD recorders.
I bought this 5-pack of Maxell 80-Minute Music CD-R discs several months ago and have used all of them already. The discs came in slim jewel cases of decent construction with one caveat: the discs are quite difficult to remove and put back into the case. Slim jewel cases are always worse in this regard that regular cases (but they do take up less space). At the same time, these Maxell discs are especially difficult to remove from the case - the disc bends quite a bit before you can slip it off the case’s central part (little spindle).
Usage
The primary purpose of buying Music CD-Rs is to be able to use them in standalone music CD recorders, but they work perfectly fine if you record music on them on your computer CD burner. I mostly burn them on my Philips DVD8801 DVD-/+RW drive of my Dell.
Using the Philips DVD8801, every time the Maxell disc was recorded successfully at speeds exceeding 24x (in less than 3 minutes) with no errors reported by Nero 7 after data verification and no playback issues in the 2 DVD drives (Philips and NEC 2500a), Philips DVP642, Panasonic portable CD player, CD players of 2006 Honda Accord and 2004 Infiniti G35 and Panasonic S1S DVD player.
The music sounds very good (exactly as the original CD or, in case of WMA/MP3-sourced material, as good as the bit rate allows) with no skipping or hiccups. The discs are 80 minutes in capacity and work well for copying of store-bought CD-Audio, making compilations or recording music using MP3 or WMA files downloaded online (make sure you select Music or CD-Audio in your burning software, not MP3 CD).
The Maxell disc's back surface is coated and you can write on it using a felt-tip marker, which I do. The discs survived staying in my car on sunny days with no problem. The jewel cases are solid, open and close smoothly and look good as well. But the disc is difficult to remove from the case.
Bottom Line
The 5-pack of Maxell 80-Minute Music CD-R discs is a good choice for music recording. The discs are well-made, reliable, durable and can be recorded at high speeds. If you can buy them at a low price, that is. General-purpose CD-R discs will work as well for computer burning and will cost less.
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