Building CD duplicator

[ds21]

I'm wondering if any of you would be intrested in a cd dulpicator kit, that would include all the needed parts, and would most likely work with your present burner, what would you pay for something like this? It whould be able to burn 100 cd's unattended, using your own computer based burner.

 

[rickv]

I'm wondering if any of you would be intrested in a cd dulpicator kit, that would include all the needed parts, and would most likely work with your present burner, what would you pay for something like this? It whould be able to burn 100 cd's unattended, using your own computer based burner.

How much would this cost? Also, how about just making a DIY guide? Maybe just recomend your parts over making them. You'd get more traffic, possibly sell more units and benifit a lot more people! Sounds like a win-win situation to me...

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

I hope you realize that duplicating CD-Rs in the manner you describe is not the same as pressing CDs at a duplication house....

 

[Son of Mixerman]

Orbit CD replicator is around $1200 to $1800. Its a CDR replicator. Ive seen used 2X dupers for low as $100 for a 4 bay.

Bruce, Im not sure if you knew this was coming down the pike or up in your case. Stamped CD's might be a thing in the past. Sony has been closing some of its pressing plants due to economic reasons. One of those reasons is the cost of making CD's is prohibitive. CDR on the other hand is cheap, in fact some consumers may have purchased commercial CDR's and not realized it. Apparently some of the execs have been convinced that CDR technology has improved so much that the bler for CDR is within acceptability for mass production. Im not sure of all the details or the facts but it popped up over at Glenn Meadows webboard.


SoMm

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Well - they can certainly imrpvoe the optical readers on the CD players themselves to accommodate the lower reflectivity levels of CD-Rs vs. pressed CDs, in fact, they've already been doing this in recent years as evidenced by players handling CDs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, MP3s and DVDs....

I agree, I think they will go that way in the future, but I don't think they're quite there yet - and further - there's backwards compatibility issues too... there are still a lot of older players out there, and you don't want to do a mass release on a format that many players can't properly handle...

 

[ds21]

Yes I said Duplication(CDR) not Replication("pressed").

I was thinking of making plans avaible, but most people that could build it from plans wouldn't need plans, it involves robotics, IR sensors, servos, programming... The kit would just be something someone could put togather in an evening, I was thinking around well under $1200 because it would use the CD burner you already own, that way the quality of the burner is what ever you want it to be (I use a Yamaha F1 in mastering mode myself) or as burners get faster just by a new burner!

 

[Son of Mixerman]

but I don't think they're quite there yet - and further - there's backwards compatibility issues too... there are still a lot of older players out there, and you don't want to do a mass release on a format that many players can't properly handle...

I have an older player I use for CDR verification. If it were me I wouldn't try to pawn off CDR at the same cost as stamped. There are techniques to add data to the closed CDR, this technique is used amongst espionage types. I found this out because I used to work on classified program where there was a ban on cdr. I challenged the ban because I wanted to bring home made CD's to work. I was shown why my cd were confiscated and destroyed. Ive only had one stamped CD fail, and uncountable numbers of CDR' coasters from the same image, same series of cdr's and same burner... I would hate to pay 10 buck for a coaster. I actually have a feeling that DVD audio disks will become more prevalent in the years to come. I certainly wouldn't mind a HiFi CD with the ability to view their music vids and whatever on a DVD.

SoMm