Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:38:16 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I've got a couple of these, one SATA one PATA, the SATA one works very
> well but the PATA one is slower at ripping discs.
While NEC is not bad, my current NEC drive does not read hidden audio
tracks (like e.g. found on "13" Die Ärtzte).
The answer can only be: "It depends..."
Jörg
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