[Paranoia] CDROM Brand/Model Recommendations?

[Monty]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 06:50:19PM -0800, Parker Johnson wrote:
> 
> Hello.  I just started working at a ripping facility that does tons of 
> cd ripping.  We have 12 frankenstein ripping machines at the moment.  
> These machines are mostly just older machines that people have had 
> laying around.  Of course, several of them experience cd ripping errors 
> and now we are considering standardizing on new cdroms (but 
> unfortunately not replacing the machines in which the cdroms are 
> going).  Is there a recommended brand of cdrom that cdparanoia likes and 
> is a no brainer install on Linux.  We need something tht will be able to 
> handle hundreds and hundreds of hours of use too.  Any suggestions 
> appreciated.

Personally, I buy low-end LG drives.  They're cheap, fast, and don't
try to be overly clever, which means they tend not to trip themselves
up when something goes wrong (like Plextor has picked up a habit of
doing), but just pass it along for Paranoia to deal with... which is
exactly what paranoia is designed for.

And if one breaks, you're out, eh, $20.  So far though, I've not had
breakage issues (been runnign four of them for a few years now).

Monty