The FAQ is currently in the process of being updated in the new system. We apologize for any inconvenience, and will be updating this page as soon as possible.

At one time, the band asked that folks not trade CDs because of the heightened risk (and quasi-legitimation) of bootleg sales. But several factors are bringing about a burdeoning CD trading movement:

• Quality: Digital quality without the temporal loss that DATs experience.
• Cost: CDR decks are now down to the cost of a good analog deck, and the discs themselves are below $2 each. That's cheaper than DAT, and comparable to or cheaper than analog.
• Cars: Newer cars seem as likely to have a CD player as an analog tape deck.
• Hot: With the quality benefit and the cost down, many analoguers who begin to appreciate (and demand/require) high quality copies are making the jump from analog to CD, ignoring DAT and sometimes transferring their entire analog collection (then selling the analogs in a "tape liquidation").

What brand to get:

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What to pay for 'em: Expect to pay about $2 per disc, though in bulks of 100 or more they may drop to as low as $1 per.

Don't write on them, except with specially designed pens. Permanent markers and stickers/labels may interfere with proper playback.

Be sure to see Mike Richter's CDR Primer and CDR FAQ maintained by Andy McFadden (which includes a list of all CDR drives and what features they include).

Thanks also to Syd Schwartz , Noah Cole .

"... if you try to think too much about what you're trying to do, then it's not as good.""
-- Mike Gordon, quoted by Geoff Carr in the 1/17/01 Flagpole"