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Mike Rivers[_2_] Mike Rivers[_2_] is offline
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On 6/27/2020 10:35 PM, Jason wrote:
Computers for sale now usually do not come with a CD drive. In the old days, Plextor drives
earned the best reviews.


What's best these days? I still have many requests to create
CD's, mostly from the musicians who performed on the recordings.
I suppose I'm looking for something external since there
are no bays in new machines like the one I bought


When it comes to obsolete technology, I don't believe that there's a
"best" when you have to buy something new. And a 15 year old Plextor
that you find on eBay will probably be pretty well worn out no matter
how well it was originally built.

Today, there are no more CD-only drives, only CD/DVD read/write, and the
only "upgrade" would be for one that handles Blu-Ray, and there are
probably only one or two companies manufacturing the drive mechanism
itself, that every brand name uses. I've had an LG brand for 6 or 7
years that hasn't worn out yet, at the rate of burning about half a
dozen disks a month. These, and similar brand names sell for about
$25-30, and should be considered expendable when they start making
errors or develop loading problems.

If you're looking for something for small production runs, like a client
wants 100 copies to take to a gig, you can ge a stand-alone duplicator
with 1 or 2 drives for under $200.

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