Kenwood 72X CD rom

[insanepuppy]

Can anyone tell me where I can buy one of these? I'm looking for one with a black bezel and I heard that they have been discontinued.

 

[Verygreedy]

These are cool.. but I heard they are bad for CD Ripping for some reason

 

[TheVrolok]

If you want pure read speed that sure, grab one. It's fast. Though if you use a lot of CDR media don't, get something else. In my experience, as well as in that of many others, it reads CDRs like... something that reads CDRs horribly. I have no idea how many times explorer has crashed while my Kenwood is trying to read a CDR. Thank goodness I have a burner I can read 'em in.

 

[mosdef]

At least it's really quiet. There is a firmware update, but I haven't tried it yet. Without it, it reads most things but does struggle with an occassional CD-R.

-mosdef

 

[SerraYX]

I believe they were discontinued awhile back. Try posting a WTB on the For Sale/Trade forum.

But why do you want a 72x CD-ROM? It's much faster than you'll ever need and probably a little noisy..

 

[insanepuppy]

There are 2 reasons I want this cd-rom one its about the quitest cd-rom and about the fastest.I have NEVER ever seen a cd rom with such favorable results as this cd rom.

 

[gooseman]

I have this CDRom and it is the quietest I have ever seen. Speed is fantastic too. Although I must admit, I rarely use a CD_R in it but haven't had any trouble so far.

 

[Verygreedy]

so buy it. Its not that expensive.. Ive heard about the CDR problems but if you dont use them all that much its worth the $. I think Goldstar CD Roms are nice.. My last 3 have been from Goldstar.. never had a problem since 1995

 

[Redwingsguy]

hmmm..........I dont get this, I seem to have the only 72x that hasnt ever had trouble reading CDR...maybe I got a rare batch?

 

[skace]

If you want this CDrom, I can't blaim you, I have one too . As far as reading CD-rs goes, just read them from your CD-writer.

I bought mine directly from CompUSA when they first came out, not sure where to get them now.

 

[Supergax]

I've only had a few problems, one caused by me dropping the drive; and one that was fixed with the firmware update. I can read most cd-r's with it, but the cheap cd-r's do have some problems. It's nice and quiet and fast, I have no complaints about it, but I do realize it can be a buggy drive.