I've got the old Ultraplex (32 speed) and Plexwriter 412c (Both SCSI) and I've been very happy with them both...

With MusicMatch 5 and my Celery 450a (Thanks for startup screen Tony =) I can rip a cd perfectly at 6.5 speed (I use 100% VBR)...
I suppose some people will find that slow, but I'm sure it's a processor limit at the moment... =)

Under windows, you can use the Audio FS mode with the plextor software, and it makes an audio cd appear as a bunch of wav files... This means you can use a command line encoder without using a ripper... =)

Jazz
(List 112, Mk2 12 gig #40. Mk1 for sale 4 gig #30, apply within)