Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I've got a CD 'jukebox' here. Either plays CDs direct, or rips them to
an internal hard drive. And trust me, you don't want a CD-Rom drive
spinning at speed in the same room as a CD you're listening to.

I know what a CD-ROM drive at full blast sounds like. However even the
cheapest ones now have quiet or silent modes; they don't all have to run
at top speed all the time.

Then the extra speed to read a dodgy CD rather pointless?

I don't follow why it might be pointless.

Daniele