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Rip CDs at Mach 2 on a Mac Pro
Authored by: Anonymous on Oct 27, '06 09:40:52AM

52x CD readers are spinning at the maximum rotational speed. Because the disc is stamped at CLV to achieve highest data density, the data will rip faster at the END of the disc.

If it spun any faster, your CDs would break.



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Rip CDs at Mach 2 on a Mac Pro
Authored by: kirkmc on Oct 27, '06 10:06:02AM

Is this really the limit for CD drives? Are you sure?

If so, rats! I was looking forward to a 128x CD drive... :-)

Kirk

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Rip CDs at Mach 2 on a Mac Pro
Authored by: dethbunny on Oct 27, '06 02:21:01PM
CD drives have been stuck at about 52X for five years or more now. It seems the one hope of making them faster is no longer a factor - Kenwood TrueX drives were very very fast, quiet, and achieved speeds of 72X plus by splitting the read laser and simultaneously reading something like 7 tracks' worth of data.

http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2000q3/kenwood72x/

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