Unless, of course, they're using realtime DAE on the drive and streaming cached wave data. But that's probably expecting a little too much, then, isn't it?

Actually, I'd be pretty upset if they do that yet claim to "play audio CDs". I have several CDs that play just fine in most players but are impossible to rip with any drive/ripper combination I've tried. I can't even return those to the store since they play just fine on their demo system. OK, I have to admit that some of those are of questionable origin...

Borislav