Best DVD CD Duplicator with DVDRW Burners - Standalone Copier Tower with Athena Controller - 1 Target Black | Perfect for Media Production, Data Backup & Disc Archiving

I have been editing audio and duplicating and distributing CDs for my church for several years. And until recently I was also duplicating discs which I mailed to several radio stations for daily radio broadcasts. But that's now done by sending MP3 files to the broadcasters via FTP. My old 1:5 duplicator had become increasingly senile and was giving me error messages and wasting media which was costing me money, since I do this out of pocket for the church. So I took a chance that this duplicator might be better. Just received it today and got to work clearing up my duplication backlog. So far I have made 50 CDs from masters that my old duplicator said were bad, but which my audio editing software had showed were actually OK. Worse, were the ones the old duplicator said were OK, but turned out to be NOT OK once they were distributed (insert emoticon for "eek!").This duplicator is very fast, easy to use with a very simple and intuitive user interface, unlike my last duplicator. It takes about 4.5 minutes for 5 CDs to be copied. I don't duplicate DVDs, just CDs at present, but it's good to know the capability is there if I need it later. Paperwork from the seller indicates the unit was actually QC tested by a human being and his name is even on the form. They included recommendations for media to use and to avoid, which my last machine did not. Had to learn that the hard way. And there's a US customer service number in Texas, so it's comforting to know that if I have a problem I can speak with someone on the same continent.I've always used name-brand CD-R media both for creating audio masters and duplication for distribution. Cheap no-name media aren't worth the hassle. The seller cautions, however, that not all name-brand media is suitable for use, e.g. Phillips CD-R. I've found that to be true. Too often media that work fine for copying and storing data will be rejected by the recorder or will cause audio hash on playback, usually near the end of the program. You'd think a bit is a bit is a bit, but that doesn't seem to always be the case when recording digital audio for playback on consumer equipment.[Update: As of 12/03/2012 I've run a full spindle of CDs through the duplicator without a single problem. I continue to be impressed by how well the recorder works.][Update2: As of 5_23_2013 I've run several spindles of CDs through the duplicator and no rejects. 100% perfect. This duplicator is everything my old one wasn't.][Update 3: As of 3/1/2015 I have copied a total of 3000 audio CDs using this duplicator, and have not had a single failure. I use Verbatim CDs, which I buy two spindles at a time. I couldn't be more pleased with this duplicator.