Have you folks standardised on a good "reference" CD transport/DAC combination or one CD player to handle CD repro in your studio?

I've been searching for the ultimate in CD reproduction and have decided to go for the Apogee Mini-DAC product. Anyone have some strong recommendations for the transport + Coax digital cable?

OK...

I recently e-mailed my replication service & asked which optical transport assembly they used to cut their glass masters; & which burner they would recommend to write CD-R pre-masters.

They came back with Plextor on the OTA...

Hi

I'm recording on Protools, then putting my final mix onto 1/4" tape.
Assuming the Mastering House has both computer editing and 2-trk tape machine, should I take them a 1/4" tape or a CD with the stereo files on it and have them dump it to tape (cuz they might have a 1/2")?

Just wondering what you guys might think.

The CD burner in my Mac G4 733mhz has died.

Any suggestions for a replacement?

Uncle Bob

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When providing a master version on CD-R what is the best way to label the disc? After reading various pros and cons of the different methods used, is using a water-soluble ink pen the best answer?

This is embarrassing-see question below/thanks.

I have Nero Express. It was bundled with my TDK CD-RW machine.

I use it to back up big projects as Data (not Audio) to CD. Using CD-RW discs

The files are small enough to fit 2-3 generations of the project.

Hi friends! a few years ago I read on a Bazilian magazine ( similar to EQ/Mix) that there is a simple software that can dig deeper into your CD-R "security card" LOL.
They discovered that lots of famous brands were done by the same plant and some known to be best brands in fact sucked in lots of tests. Has any of you used such application on Mac?
Thanks
:p

Hello

I just had my CD mastered at Sterling Sound in NYC. I plan on having 1000 pressed and printed at one of the plants (discmakers or groove house records maybe). There are some level adjustements I would like made based on their reference CD (I'd like one song raised up and the overall level higher). So here's my two questions:

Help! I would like to get a plextor CD-RW for my laptop, but am limited by my connection options (PC Card, USB 1, serial, parralel).

I was hoping someing could point me in the right direction.. Thoughts were to slap a plextor IDE into a firewire enclosure ->Firewire adapter card-PC CARD slot. Im using WIN2k on a beefy HP laptop.

Any thoughts?