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Originally posted by kfortner51
I don't particularly care to step on any toe's here as far as where to buy things... but... as far as I am concerned, Plextor is a top quality prooduct regardless of where it is purchased. I own ( 4 ) Plextor 48x24x48a drives, all purchased through retail and they work fine.
Karl
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Realize that MTU's prices include our support and help for those who need it, as you recognized in you last post. The reason we sell CDG Certified drives is because over the past 10 years, CDG Karaoke lovers pleaded with us to help them... and we have. 
Many users are not comfortable buying a retail drive from somewhere that knows absolutely nothing about the CD+G format or its associated quirks. They want to backup-play-make custom discs, not just buy a drive that may or may not solve their problem!
Installing a drive without help can be a daunting task for someone who doesn't "do this". The retail vendor you recommended won't provide help at all...
and knows nothing about CDG! 
We know, we have dealt with them. If you buy a mail order drive and require support, who will you turn to?
Karl, we have sold many CDR manufacturers drives since 1992 (Yamaha was $25,000 back then, and Denon was $16,000). We have paid our dues in testing drives for 12 years! We have often received a batch of 10 drives, tested them with 3 highest quality CDR discs that were then thrown away afterwards, and end up rejecting 4 to 6 of the 10 drives. We know that within a year of shipment, electronic components (including the laser read/write diode) age and may no longer write the CDG RW codes correctly.
Years back when we were selling Yamaha drives, and only tested with 2 CDR discs per drive, we shipped 5 drives one month that went back the next month. We replaced them all at our expense. We then evaluated what failed in them, and increased our testing to use 3 CDR discs per drive. We had to raise our prices a bit for the extra testing...
but we didn't have any more failures in the field either! 
We have the fewest rejects with Plextor that we have ever experienced, and their manufacturing quality is second to none.
That... is why we only sell Plextor. We don't have to do as much testing for CDG Certification as we did with other drives.
We have heard from hundreds of users that claim a copy made with Microstudio and an MTU Certifified CDG drive is BETTER and cleaner than their original. Those who use our MTU CDR Silver Media have even reported the audio sounds clearer on their copies! 
There is a reason for that too, and that... is why we tested, selected and sell our media. Our CDR media IS the best for CDG use and our customers who trust us, get the best results they possibly can.
I appreciate your visiting our Forums... tech experts are always welcome. If you want to help others in our Forums, please do so! As you post answers, keep in mind the non-technical level MANY of our visitors are at, and give clear instructions (that you probably know off the top of your head) so you help... instead of confuse them. George has become quite expert at this and, as you can see by the number of his posts, has helped many over their problems.
BTW: Next time your conscious makes you feel the need to say "sorry...", hit the delete key instead and save me the time.