IDE CD Readers: ASUS or AOPEN - Club CDFreaks

DrCheese · 27-09-1999

Sorry to bother you guys, but its just a quick question:

I needed a new CD reader (fed up of looooonnng access times) so i went out and bought a nice Sony 40x. Lovely. Quiet, quick, reliable, great. But its not a variable speed reader (or at least NERO says its not) which is bloody useless to me if i want to use it for CDR.

So hence i am now back in the market for a CD reader once more and want to know if anyone recommends or wants to disuade me from buying a certain reader. IDE only. I fancy either:

ASUS 40x
AOPEN 40x
AOPEN 48x

Anyone know anything? Are they relable? Quick? Varibale speed? Do they sound like a Chinook taking off? Any help would be cool.

Cheers guys

Cheese

*TheDuke* · 27-09-1999

stay away from aopen
they suck big time...
asus is ok...

DrCheese · 28-09-1999

Cool, looks like its ASUS then

Ta

The Force · 28-09-1999

Wel.... meebee Asus, but i love my Aopen 32x.
Never reading problems and quiet. Don't know what the aopen 40x or 48x will do, but the 32x runs like a train.

[This message has been edited by The Force (edited 28 September 1999).]

27-09-1999	#1 (permalink)
DrCheese New on Forum Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: London, England Posts: 2	<a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Sorry to bother you guys, but its just a quick question: I needed a new CD reader (fed up of looooonnng access times) so i went out and bought a nice Sony 40x. Lovely. Quiet, quick, reliable, great. But its not a variable speed reader (or at least NERO says its not) which is bloody useless to me if i want to use it for CDR. So hence i am now back in the market for a CD reader once more and want to know if anyone recommends or wants to disuade me from buying a certain reader. IDE only. I fancy either: ASUS 40x AOPEN 40x AOPEN 48x Anyone know anything? Are they relable? Quick? Varibale speed? Do they sound like a Chinook taking off? Any help would be cool. Cheers guys Cheese

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27-09-1999	#2 (permalink)
TheDuke CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 500	stay away from aopen they suck big time... asus is ok...

28-09-1999	#3 (permalink)
DrCheese New on Forum Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: London, England Posts: 2	Cool, looks like its ASUS then Ta

28-09-1999	#4 (permalink)
The Force New on Forum Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 14	Wel.... meebee Asus, but i love my Aopen 32x. Never reading problems and quiet. Don't know what the aopen 40x or 48x will do, but the 32x runs like a train. [This message has been edited by The Force (edited 28 September 1999).]