Who makes Aopen 12x10x32 CDRW Drive?

[Skoonen]

My friend was just asking me how cheap I could find the new plextor 12x10x32 drive, and while looking for a good price I ran into this new Aopen unit. Heres a link to the specs:
Model: CRW1232
Interface: E-IDE/ATAPI (SFF8020)
/MW-DMA Mode-2 (16.6 MB/sec)
Data Buffer Memory: 4MB
Data Transfer Rate:
Write CD-R: 2X,4X,8X,12X Write CD-RW: 2X,4X,10X
Read: Up to 32X (1X=150KB/s)
Average Access Time: 120ms or less

Heres a link to the more detailed specs
[L]http://english.aopen.com/products/optical/cdrw/crw1232.htm[/L]

So, since I can never find reviews of aopen CDRWs I was curious if anyone knows who makes this unit and how it compares to the plextor

Thanks,
Chris

 

[OC-Freak]

It's a rebagged Ricoh MP7120A, go to [l]www.cdrinfo.com[/l] and read the review.

 

[integlspwr]

i didn't know ricoh made a 12x10x drive. Oh well. thanks for the info.

 

[Double Trouble]

There seems to be some confusion as to whether the Ricoh MP7120 (or the Aopen version of it) has the justlink technology which is basically the newer version of 'burnproof'.

I heard Ricoh is releasing a newer version of the 7120 that is also an 8x dvd drive and has the justlink technology. Now that would be a sweet drive.