On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > My 5-year old gentoo-AMD64 machine when up in smoke this week so I'm > building a new machine. Most parts are on order but one big change > these days is the motherboards I want to purchase no longer support > EIDE/ATAPI interfaces so I'll have to get a new CD-R/DVD-R drive to > get the OS loaded and for writing mostly audio discs using > cdda2wav/cdrecord. While I understand firmware is often a problem on > these drives I'm wondering what drive manufacturers folks would > recommend these days as having the best results with cdrecord?
I have a cheap Sony Optiarc (formerly NEC?) and it has worked fine for me for ripping and burning audio CDs, DVD+/-R (single and dual layer). It cost around $25 USD. I don't know if it is better or worse than any other brand but it seems to work for me anyway.
