#Snd BL CD ROM-Satisfied?
Hi, I'm Larry and I'm new to this forum. I have joined in the hopes that I
could talk to other people about their experiences in using the Creative
Labs Sound Blaster Pro card and the matching Matsushita model CR-521 CD
ROM. I own a Gateway 2000 386/33 with a Sound Blaster Pro installed so I
have been thinking about buying the CR-521 CD ROM drive that will use the
sound cards SCSI interface. According to the only reiew that I have been
able to read the Matsushita is a well built drive with a decent throughput
rate of 170 kb/s and although the access time is a little slow (390ms),
sells for an excellent price of around $360 with bundled software. In
reading some of the messages on this forum I have been able to determine
that whats hot are the NEC 73m and 83m but for a substantially higher
price. I suppose that if I did not already have the Sound Blaster Pro
installed I would be considering the NEC/Audio Spectrum package, but since
I do I sure would like to hear from anyone that is using the Creative Labs
package. I realize that a lot of these questions I must answer for myself
but if you are using and enjoying (?) this CD ROM drive your imput sure
would be appreciated, thanks, Larry.