> My Sony Spressa CD-R drive has just failed (tray motor/ejector), and I > need to buy a new mechanism. > > Because the FireWire case & power supply are still good, I want to buy > just the mechanism, and install it in the Sony enclosure. > > Does anyone have any recommendations for a CD/CD-R/CD-RW mechanism? > > Or, how about a DVD/DVD-R and (why not?) DVD-RW? > > TIA. Officemax has the LiteOn 52X cdrw (branded as a Cendyne for 9.99 after rebate. This burner is recognized by Itunes and has a 2MB buffer. You could get a Pioneer DVD burner, but the cd burns will be much slower. Regards, Julian Tracy