"...Rip, Rock, and Roll performance helped propel the TDK veloCD line of CD burners to the forefront of the high-performance PC peripherals market. And now TDK has raised the bar again with the release of the veloCD 24/10/40 CD ReWritable Drive and Certified Plus CD-R discs specially designed for recording at 24x speed. The new TDK veloCD (Model: AI-241040) CD-ReWriter's estimated street price is $299.99.

The 24X veloCD burner is an internal ATAPI/E-IDE drive offering the ultimate in recording, rewriting, and rip speed performance. With 24x write, 10X rewrite and 40X data read speeds, the new veloCD is the fastest drive available. Equally important for today's music-passionate computer user, the new veloCD is capable of ripping CD audio tracks at 40X, with bit-perfect musical accuracy. With the inclusion of BURN-Proof write assurance technology, the new veloCD eliminates buffer underrun errors for perfect recordings every time--even during multitasking operations..."