Sugar, i too have been buying cd's from BMG and noticed the "manufactured for BMG" on the liner notes. I just "assumed" that the discs were made specifically for them by the original manufacturer.
While i have never done a side by side listening comparison of a BMG disc to an "untampered" store bought disc, i have LOOKED at a BMG compared to a non BMG. The specific disc in question was by a local band called "Ministry" that some of you might be familiar with. The two discs were NOT the same in terms of actual space that was used on the disc i.e. there was more "dead space" on one disc than the other. If i can recall correctly, the one that showed less physical data was the BMG disc. The reason that i did not do a "fair" side by side listening comparison is that i had already "cut" one of the discs with my Audio Desk Systeme, so it would not have been an apples to apples comparison. There WAS a difference in the discs, but i would attribute that mostly to the benefits of "cutting" the one to not cutting the other one. Sean
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While i have never done a side by side listening comparison of a BMG disc to an "untampered" store bought disc, i have LOOKED at a BMG compared to a non BMG. The specific disc in question was by a local band called "Ministry" that some of you might be familiar with. The two discs were NOT the same in terms of actual space that was used on the disc i.e. there was more "dead space" on one disc than the other. If i can recall correctly, the one that showed less physical data was the BMG disc. The reason that i did not do a "fair" side by side listening comparison is that i had already "cut" one of the discs with my Audio Desk Systeme, so it would not have been an apples to apples comparison. There WAS a difference in the discs, but i would attribute that mostly to the benefits of "cutting" the one to not cutting the other one. Sean
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