In other players, playback has ranged from nonexistent (as already noted), to spotty at best (crackles and lots of extra digital noise) to crystal clear

but I didn't listen and wasted a lot of my time.

I record a lot of "Oldies" collections for myself, and like the look of "vinyl"

Our guests were blown away by the visual--a lot of "How did you do that!?"

I record a lot of "Oldies" collections for myself, and like the look of "vinyl"

No worries about having a lot of cd coasters

I burn a lot of disks for my fitness class, and the different colors keep them organized at a glance.

I have a professiona,l free-standing recorder that requires audio CD-Rs.

Verbatim has flip-flopped its quality on us all and is selling CD's that only look like their original Digital Vinyl discs until closer inspection reveals the same light dye and flimsy weight of all the cheap-o discs I thought I was avoiding.