The Difference between CD Duplication & CD Replication

CD duplication results in identical copies of the CD. It is a digital process. You can duplicate your CD yourself or can have a duplication company to do the job. In duplication, the CDs are reproduced by individually "burning" each CDR with a laser.

CD replication is a process for producing hundreds or thousands of perfect replicas. For the process, a Glass Master, is made and then "stamped" onto blank media. CD replication is a faster process but is not cost effective if replication is required for less than 500 CDs.

Replicated discs play on almost every CD player, whereas duplicated discs can be sensitive to certain models or brands of players.