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