How come there is no thread on the RealityCheck?

Hi there, I am a Newbie to this debate and wondered if this is the duplicator that was earlier referred to as costing $300 odd dollars

http://www.iopshop.com/index.php/cPath/1035_1068

Be166, no the unit you show was supposedly the same as the RealityCheck unit. It looks like the cheaper Cool Copy has forced this company to further reduce the price.

I must say that the unit you show "looks like" the Reality Check, but to my knowledge no one has shown that you get identical results using the cheaper unit rather than the RealityCheck.

My own tests comparing the CoolCopy with the RealityCheck resulted in my selling the Cool Copy as inferior.

Look at the duplicator specs. There is no magic in CD duplication. More memory does make an improved copy.

The better duplicators now offer 128MB of memory compared to the Acard's 8MB. Better drives such as the Plextor 716A reduce jitter and make better copies.

George is now selling a Disc Maker duplicator with 128MB of memory and 2 Plextor 716A drives.

Meritline offers a 128MB duplicator for a very reasonable price.

All of this equipement is computer stuff-that means it goes into "old age" very quickly. George's Acard is in this category.

Over the last six months I have spent a great deal of time learning about CD duplication. It also prompted me to build 2 computers-the latest one is making killer CD copies that go far beyond what is possible with a duplicator. More to follow.

Steve

Steve, I suspect that duplication will soon be replaced by hard drives with USB2 connections.

All I know about using computers, two Macs, to make duplicates suggests that the original RealityCheck's copies sound superior, even though I made the computer copies at 4x on to quality cd-rs.

Norm,

Burning on the fly results in better copies than burning from a hard drive. I have avoided the computer burn issue as it is complicated and results will vary considerably depending on hardware. The success of the computer burn is dependent on many factors. Memory type, amount, and speed of memory, power supply, drives, processor speed, etc. All of this is computer stuff. I will be addressing all of this in the near future.

Steve