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steveanthony

Can anyone recommend a reliable cd duplication service that can do multi-disc runs, as in audiobooks, along with printing the disc and case inserts? The run would probably be in the 500 units range.

Thanks,
Steve

paddyo · CM Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 975 Location: New York City

check out musicontherun.com They are in Manhattan.
I'm not sure of your budget tho

Paddyo

Jowillie · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject:

Over the years, these folks have always come through for me:
Discmakers
They just did 1500 dvd's for me for a Tourism Authority Video job. I use a graphic artist, but their's are superb. Allow at least 10 days for top quality and printing.
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todd ellis · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject:

throw my hat on the diskmakers pile - reliable & inexpensive.
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RayAnime · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject:

Another vote for discmaker. Two of my good singer-songwriter friends have used them multiple times and the results were very professional!

steveanthony · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info.

Steve

todd ellis · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:27 am Post subject:

just got this from discmakers ...
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Yoda117 · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:46 am Post subject:

That's not a bad deal.

A lot of folks have their own CD labelers (Epson, etc.), but I'll also toss a nod to Dismakers, especially when it comes to using complicated graphics.
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Jowillie · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:

..........And....if you order the Disc Makers' Promo Pac, there's a good chance you will recieve one of the DVDs we produced as one of the examples. (Don't judge it by the VO on that disc--he was incredibly cheap.)
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todd ellis · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject:

i would NOT recommend using the epson for a 500 pc. job ...

i have one and use it for SHORT runs - 5 or 10.
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Yoda117 · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject:

Yeah, that's why I went with a Primera a while back.

100 capacity, and plenty quick.

Still, if we're talking a HUGE job. It's much easier to use a service like this than to do ones and twos.

/only have the primera because it was being sold by a vendor that was going out of business... mondo cheap.
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todd ellis · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:04 pm Post subject:

about three years ago i had a project ending in delivery of 20,000 "driving tour" CDs. i almost bought a primera then. BUT - i did the math, and it was enormously less expensive to let discmakers do the job AND i got them in less than a week. packaged, bar code, the whole deal. it would have taken me 2 months working around the clock to do it myself.

sometimes it's just better to let people do what they do best.

i still look at them though ... they're very cool.
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Yoda117 · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject:

very cool indeed... Bitchin

I've caught myself staring at the thing doing it's job on more than a few occasions.

It keeps visitors completely enamored, which lets me do my work easier. In that regard I'd have paid full price for it.
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steveanthony · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:05 pm Post subject: While we're on the subject

I was told there are two ways to produce/duplicate CDs. The first is to burn them. The second is by creating a metal master then hot pressing the cd (like a vinyl record), Is the second method close to the truth?

louzucaro · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject:

Masters can be made from different materials, but it's a fair analogy...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_replication
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