I have this drive and it rocks. I own EZCD4 and CloneCD, so I honestly never tried the Sony Cd Xtreme. I just looked at the menu and feature wise, it looks very much like EZCD4. I'm curious. What is wrong with it? BTW, this drive unlike many others is 100 % CloneCD compatible. I have not run into a CD yet that this combo can't dupe. I'm almost through my 2nd 50 CD spindle and not a single coaster, always burning at 8X.