What is CDE ?? Biem / stemra ???


I have one disc, long forgotton and left on shelves for over 6-7 years : during the period I had changed twice the
CD players ( the previous two can play it )
Now I am using Wadia 861.

The Disc is " The Simon & Garfunkel Collection "
on the disc it is marked:-

CD CBS 24005
(DIDP 13)
BIEM / STEMRA
Stereo
Compact Disc, Digital Audio
Made in Austria

(P) 1981 CBSInc.

But it can be played on computers, with Windows Media /
Real Players, and Power DVD.

Can someone knowlegeable to explain to me why??
dpang233

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I have re-checked again.
I sh have not played it for at least over 15 years,
the way I put it in the CD Plaster case could tell ,
as I put it with Printed side downwards, the way as my very
Old "pioneer CD Payer" /centre-drive, with play head above ,pointing down.

On the CD , there is also one logo mark
a round cirle, with "CDE" three alphabets inside.

Most probably it was purchased sometimes around 1983 ??

I tried it on my wife's Midi Hi Fi, " Onkyo" in bed-room,
it is also not "playable". reading returns to "0" soon.

On computer, it can be played as normal.

Really don't know why ??
Thanks to all.
At the moment, I could only stop at the conclusion that
some manufacture of CD's at early stage may have this
problem, " aging"problem may be.

thanks for your posts.
Before this thread is curtain-drawn,I had one experiment
made on this disc... uisng the De-magnetiser (
furutech RD-2) de-magnetising it over and over for about
I think 20+ times ( normally I did once for CD/DVD, and
for DVD not viewed several months, 3 times ; 1st on the printed side and once on the recorded side,then 3rd on printed side ).
After the long de-magnetising, Now I can play it on DVD Players, midi-Hifi system, but with the Wadia 861, sound is audiable, but it is only about 40-50 % of the normal
volume level ( which I would try no more, wondering if
it will cause " over-burden" to my Wadia.)
I shall keep it with the computer use.
It seems O.K. on Computer as I have never care the volume
Level and sound quality, in fact, it is subject to some sort of deterioration. Burned copy at 4 x speed only,
is exactly the same.

so forget it.
I raised this issue at the beginning wondering if this was
another version of CD. nothing to bother further now.