non redbook CD's


Seems as if Audiogon contributors get all agog if a CD player
satisfactorily plays Red Book grade CD's. Shouldn't that be a Minimum criteria; that the ability to play burns and other non Red Book discs is really what we need to know about ?
garn509
I do not know of any CD machines that have any issues playing CD-R.
CD-RW is a different matter, and rare the maching that will play one other than a computer.

Most machines that play CD-R play it same as CD.
So what is the beef?