Re: Which is the quietest brand of CD-ROM????

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From: Mitch
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 00:00

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In article <355d6973.14011969@news.mindspring.com>, 
insertHandleHere@mindspring.com says...
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>tonyb@removeme.ramhb.co.nz (**Modify to email**) wrote:
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>>All the x24 speed CD-ROM's and above that I have seen have been very noisy
>>
>>If anyone has experience in installing a variety of brands, would they like 
to comment on the noise level 
>>from differing brands.    
>>
>>I did hear a comment that PHILIPS were very good, but these are not available 
here that I am aware of so I 
>>would like to know which other brands are quiet.
>
>There are some new true 40x drives coming to market which will be very
>quiet (it uses a different technology so the disc actually spins much
>slower).
>
>As for current drives, whoever manufactures the drives for Dell makes
>a reasonably quiet drive (I think perhaps Mitsumi, but I'm not
>positive). 

The Pioneer DR-U06s (slot in type) is pretty quiet compared to most.
If you have a good case (or noisy fans ;-) cdrom "noise" should
not be a problem anyway.

Mitch.

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From: mitch@aardvark.apana.org.au (Mitch)
Subject: Re: Which is the quietest brand of CD-ROM????
Date: 1998/05/15
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