"Martyn B Tindall" wrote in message
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A mate of mine says his CD player has packed up and blames a faulty
CD-R given to him by a mutual friend. The same friend has given me
lots of CDs, and many of these suffer from skipping/jumping/noise. I
suspect it's because our friend uses the cheapest available blanks.

I'm concerned because I've just spent a lot of money on a CA Azur
player and don't want to put it at risk. Is my mate talking nonsense?
Any thoughts?

I have seen a CD disc disintegrate into a thousand pieces and ruin a CDRW
drive.