CD-R vs CD duplication
Jonathan Deamer
I'm currently putting together a CD, which will be for comercial release,
albeit on a small scale (400 copies). Are there really many differences
between getting a mass run of CD-Rs or having CDs "duplicated". I'm not
really sure of the differemce, although I know duplication is generally seen
as the most professional one. Whichever way I go, I will still have onbody
printing of the title, etc, so they should look fairly similar. Does the
sound quality/reliability differ? Will a CDR still look professional, and
would anyone actually be able to tell the difference just by looking? Its
important that the CDs look good, although cost is also an important factor!
Cheers,
Jonathan
Jason York
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I have used http://www.diskfaktory.com with very great resuslts. The CDR's
they use are pure silver and never let on to the consumer they are CDR's.
Check them out. I use them now for all my duplications, as they are
resonable priced and for the amount I need each time, economical as well...
Just a thought to pass your way.
Danny
www.dannyriddle.com
www.pridechristianmusic.com
Michael Anthony
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> albeit on a small scale (400 copies). Are there really many differences
> between getting a mass run of CD-Rs or having CDs "duplicated". I'm not
> really sure of the differemce, although I know duplication is generally
seen
> as the most professional one. Whichever way I go, I will still have
onbody
> printing of the title, etc, so they should look fairly similar. Does the
> sound quality/reliability differ?
There is a chance that your CD-Rs will give problems to a small percentage
CD players, especially older models. I have an AIWA DVD/CD player that will
not recognise many of my CD-Rs. Fortunately I have more than one CD player
so it doesn't hold me back. If price is no object, pressed CDs are therefore
better than CD-Rs, but I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
> would anyone actually be able to tell the difference just by looking?
Probably not. Check out www.cdrfaq.org for more detailed answers to these
questions.
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Jon Cornell
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> > I'm currently putting together a CD, which will be for comercial
release,
> > albeit on a small scale (400 copies). Are there really many differences
> > between getting a mass run of CD-Rs or having CDs "duplicated". I'm not
> > really sure of the differemce, although I know duplication is generally
> > seen as the most professional one. Whichever way I go, I will still
have
> > onbody printing of the title, etc, so they should look fairly similar.
Does the
> > sound quality/reliability differ?
>
> There is a chance that your CD-Rs will give problems to a small percentage
> CD players, especially older models.
Just because a player is new doesn't mean it'll read a CD-R. Many players,
e.g. the Playstation 2, reject CD-Rs outright over piracy concerns.
> I have an AIWA DVD/CD player that will
> not recognise many of my CD-Rs. Fortunately I have more than one CD player
> so it doesn't hold me back. If price is no object, pressed CDs are
therefore
> better than CD-Rs, but I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
>
> > would anyone actually be able to tell the difference just by looking?
>
> Probably not. Check out www.cdrfaq.org for more detailed answers to these
> questions.
However, another benefit of pressed CDs is that they hold up far better in
hot cars. Enough heat over a sustained period of time will render a CD-R
unplayable; the threshold for doing that to a pressed CD is much higher.
Jon
Jim Emery
the CD. Neither are indestructable. CD-R has some compatibility issues that
a CD does not.
Hope this helps.
Jim Emery
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Bob Olhsson
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>I read in an Electronic Musician that the CD-R was of superior quality to
>the CD.
Whoever wrote that little gem and the editor who approved it BOTH ought
to be fired!
CD-Rs are much harder for many CD players to read than regular CDs and
the problem has been growing worse as media prices and quality have
plummeted. Chances are you can also get a thousand CDs replicated for
the same price as 400 CD-Rs.
It isn't about how it looks, it's about the cost of refunding your
customers' money because the disk skips or won't play at all on their
player.
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Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN 615.385.8051
Mastering, Audio for Picture, Mix Evaluation and Quality Control
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Over 40 years making people sound better than they ever imagined!
Jim Emery
of cd's rather burn them as required. I have ever only run into a single
instance where they would not play on a unit. That's just mu experience
though.
Jim Emery
@ www.soundclick.com/amandaemery
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