Teac posted the full specs of the coming CD-W516E. The drive supports 16x writing, 10x re-writing and 40x reading. The drive will not arrive till end of March - middle of April :(

Product Features:
Recording Speed: 16X, 12x, 8x and 4X
Re-write: 10x and 4X
Reading:
- 40X Speed (CAV): CD-ROM (mode1), CD-ROM XA Mode2 (Form1, Form2)
- 16x-32x Speed: DAE, RW - Only 32x max DAE :(
Supports BURN-Proof technology
Random Access Time 80msec
Data Buffer 2MB
MTBF 100,000POH NULL