This was taken from www.3dsoundsurge.com:
"Yamaha Corporation of America has announced the introduction of what they call the industry's fastest internal and external rewritable CD recorders. The all-new, multi-platform LightSpeed CRW2100 Series models are capable of recording on CD-R discs at an industry-first top speed of 16X, writing a 74-minute CD in under five minutes; rewriting CD-RW discs at a top speed of 10X; and reading CDs at a sustained maximum rate of 40X. In addition, the CRW2100 Series allows users to rip audio CDs at a maximum speed of 40X-up to five times faster than conventional CD-RW recorders currently in the marketplace-allowing digital audio extraction of a 74-minute audio disc in less than 3 minutes. Now that speed will depend on your CPU power as well so it's unlikely that most people will be getting the maximum. For lots of details on the new models check out the full announcement"
"Yamaha Corporation of America has announced the introduction of what they call the industry's fastest internal and external rewritable CD recorders. The all-new, multi-platform LightSpeed CRW2100 Series models are capable of recording on CD-R discs at an industry-first top speed of 16X, writing a 74-minute CD in under five minutes; rewriting CD-RW discs at a top speed of 10X; and reading CDs at a sustained maximum rate of 40X. In addition, the CRW2100 Series allows users to rip audio CDs at a maximum speed of 40X-up to five times faster than conventional CD-RW recorders currently in the marketplace-allowing digital audio extraction of a 74-minute audio disc in less than 3 minutes. Now that speed will depend on your CPU power as well so it's unlikely that most people will be getting the maximum. For lots of details on the new models check out the full announcement"
