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
If you can play the disc on your computer, why don't you burn a copy and see if that works in your others CDPs.
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.
If it plays OK in the computer, burn it to a cdr using the slowest speed possible. The cdr should play in your cd player. The quality should be equal to or better than the original.
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.