Larry, I would highly recommend a Plextor drive.  They're a bit expensive,
but they do last.  We have Plextor drives in the NOSPIN NOC that have been
running 24x7 since 1996 without a hitch.  They are far more reliable,
quieter and outperform pretty much anything else.  The come in both SCSI and
IDE.

And same goes for the CD-R/RW drives as well.  I have a couple of the 12x
writers, one with Burn Proof, one without and both of them perform
admirably.

Drew Dunn
The NOSPIN Group

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Hi;
I seem to have trouble finding a computer cdrom drive lately
that doesn't sound like a freight train, or doesn't fail prematurely.
I have used these brands:
 40X to 52X - BTC, US Drives, Shuttle, ACER, Afreey,Liteon, Artec and a few
others.
I have found Shuttle brand at least the 52x to be poor quality as well as
the I/O magic drives.
What brands /models are listers finding that are good quality,
quiet, and will read all formats of Cd media ( cdr, cdrw, etc)
I found a few cdrom reviews on the net, but nothing really useful.
I know Teac makes good drives, but the only have a 40x drive
 and they are quite a bit more spendy.
What about Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, Mitsumi, Panasonic?
I would rather pay more for something that lasts, I have a growing pile of
drives here:-)

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