I'd like to read that as well because the last review I read the Plextor got owned by Cactus Data Shield, in fact, an Acer won the shootout and even it couldn't extract all of the songs on the test CDs they used. Perhaps they were using the wrong software to attempt it.

FWIW, I use the TDK 24x10x40x and it's been a great unit. I contemplated going to the 32x but I just don't burn enough CDs anymore to justify it. I've owned TDK's 12x and 16x also and they have all been solid units.