until they can fix the synch failures (the real root of the problem)

... the USB synch failures ....

I have been using the serial synch from the start, and apart from some early problems (rapidly fixed by Mike) have not had any real problems. It really does seem tied to USB access. I just changed my philosophy to preparing my RIPs in the evening, setting up a sync and then leaving it to run overnight. It's all these hasty types rushing to download 20 Gb with USB .....