Today I-O Data announced the first 16x external SCSI CDR-W drive "CDRW-SX1610B" - based on Sanyo CRD-BP4, which we already have tested :). The new model is expected to ship late December. The price would be around 49000 Yen(445 US$) and the attached software comes from BHA (Bs Recorder Gold and Bs Clip).

Specs:
16x writing, 10x re-writing and 40x reading
2MB Buffer
SCSI interface
DAO-RAW NULL