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All scores from Sony Classical US are CD-R's since last year
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Yes, it is a pressed CD. I have this EU version.
Don't buy US releases from Sony !
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But I don't have seen any CD-R releases by Sony Classical on the EU market and made in EU (I'm not talking about Import CDs). And I'm buying a lot of Sony CDs, directly in my country from physical outlets as Media Markt for example, not as Import or something. IF Sony release is only available as a CD-R (like Tyler's Yellowstone, for example), they remove album from the store just before the premiere, and is not available to buy. Then I must go to Amazon and find import from US, but then I know that is available only as a CD-R, because it's not available in my country.
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Is the EU edition in a digipack or in a jewel case?
Jewel case. 3-fold digipack is a "Limited Tour Edition" release only, available directly on merch store during the concert. Only.
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Question. There is there any thread topic that talks about why CD-are are bad? I got a Star Trek Voyager GNP and its a CD-R. What’s bad about them? All I can recall is that they expire quickly. Any issues in sound quality?
The bias probably stemmed originally, and justifiably, from the difference in how the two discs are authored. Pressed discs have data stamped directly onto the bottom polycarbonate layer; it's literally etched into plastic and is extremely precise. Recordable discs have a dye layer between the bottom polycarbonate layer and the foil layer, and data is written (or "burned") into the dye in a somewhat sloppy manner. This relative imprecision is technically why they're less reliable, and is even more true for DVD because it holds more information which allows for less space between the data tracks. Hence the greater failure rate, traditionally.
For me it's less about longevity "stats" and more about the variables that can lead to too many questions. What's the quality of the blank disc? The quality of the drive? The burn speed? "Professional" CD-Rs are not likely to favor the customer on any of these points. With pressed discs none of them are concerns in the first place.
However, to be totally fair, I have many CD-Rs that are 20 years old and still play fine the last time I checked. There's less of a chance that they'll "go bad" compared to DVD-R because of the lower data capacity. And I've heard of some anecdotal evidence that, believe it or not, after decades of experience now in the real world the truth is... recorded discs might be the ones that last longer.
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