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I just connected a new to me Pioneer PDR-555RW and played a few cd's with no issues - sounds great.
Then, I tried to play one of my best sounding cd's, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo. This cd has amazed me played through several other cd players with it's sound, but it would not play on this machine. The cd is almost new - immaculate.
Only this cd failed to play! Any thoughts?
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Some CD titles from around that time were manufactured with Copy Protection and may not playback on recordable players such as yours.
I come across notations of "Copy Protected" CD's often when I purchase used titles from Discogs.
From what I've read, you can make a CD Rom copy of it on your computer and that should play fine.
Good luck!
Jonesy
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
I've never successfully burned a CD-RW once for music playback..... Contrast to non-rewritable CD-Rs, which I've been burning for music playback very reliably for years.
Yes, I agree that CD-Rs are generally very good for audio and even to my surprise, HDCD encoding can be copied to CDRs.
However, I found that pasting CD-shaped printed paper labels was a bad idea as, after a year of so, a nasty "scratching" sound often started when playing back these labelled CDs. Instead I bought white "printable" blank CDRs and an ink jet printer that could print directly onto these printable blank discs or to blank DVDs. Never a problem even after 20 years.
I'm working from memory here, though you could check into the details further if you wish. Start with assuming the standard commercial CD (with pits in the surface) has 100% reflectivity. A CDR (burn once) is about 70% reflective while a CDRW (can be reburned multiple times) is down to about 40% reflective.
Some players were never capable of reading CDRWs (and a few models early in the history of CD couldn't even play CDRs.) Could be your player is one of those that can't read the low reflectivity of CDRW disks. If that's the case, your player is perfectly fine and the CDRW is also good, but they are just not compatible.
From one of his posts further down he appears to be having issues playing a store-bought commercially made CD. Is it possible that the LASERS in CD Recorders were 'tuned' to better handle the lower reflectivity of writeable media and might suffer while reading the more reflective commercial CDs? It seems to me that my old CD Recorder was fine at playing back commercially produced CDs. With such an old piece of gear it's hard to say what the problem might be.
I once owned the Pioneer Elite PDR-19RW and as I recall "CD Recorders" back then were finicky about what CD media they recorded to and played back. Unlike PC's that would accept generic CD-RW the CD Recorders required special Audio CD-R media - probably something to do with compensating a portion of sales to the record labels.Was it a store bought CD or a CD-RW that won't play in your Pioneer?
I don't have a specific answer but see my thoughts above, and you could also try cleaning the LASER in your Pioneer as it might be marginal on reading some CD media vs others.
I have HEARD OF but never PLAYED Bela Fleck & The Flecktones until very recently. I had the album you mentioned playing over the weekend. Great stuff!Qobuz streaming service from within Roon :
Playing with DSP sample rate conversion and EQ within Roon.
The Eversolo DMP-A8 Streamer / DAC / Preamp drives my power amp.
Edits: 12/30/24
It was indeed a store purchased cd.
Why is this thread entitled "CD RW Issue" if the CD was bought in a shop? Was it a pirate copy from a dodgy shop?
Many CD players won't play CD-RWs, either intentionally (to discourage pirating the artist's work) or technical reasons. What does the spec sheet of the CDP say about what media it can play?
cawson - Comprehension issues? The Pioneer is a R/W. The disc is brand new from the manufacturer, not from the "dodgy" shop of your dreams.
Spec sheet?: "The Composers Desktop Project (CDP) is an international cooperative network based in the United Kingdom that has been developing software for working with sound materials since 1986."
I do not live in the UK friend!
I think I must ask for a translation of your post.CD RW (your chosen title of this thread) means "Compact Disc-Rewritable" according to Wikipedia and is international. How come you bought a CD-RW from a shop unless it was a blank onto which you recorded something?
By check with the spec sheet, I was suggesting that the CD player may not be designed to play CD-RWs. My Mark Levinson was OK with CDs and CDRs but not RWs.
PS - I note that your Pioneer is a CD recorder, but perhaps not so good with CD-RW playback. Or is it no good with some standard Red Book CDs?
Edits: 01/02/25 01/02/25
Since it's a store bought CD my only suspicion would be the Pioneer CD Player / Recorder..... since you said the CD plays fine in other CD Players.Perhaps the LASER needs dusting ??
Here's a repair video that will at least show you the inside of the Pioneer. The problem with the player in the video isn't what you are experiencing. You could try a blast of canned air around the LASER but not too strong.
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For a unit that was introduced in 1998, it just might have developed a few glitches over the years. This especially considering it was also a recorder. A link on the 555RW that can be found at DiyAudio certainly doesn't inspire any confidence.
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