We bought the Yamaha CRW-3200EZ, largely based on magazine reviews. Web order, since local suppliers didn't seem to have much selection of better grade machines.

The CRW-3200EZ is a 24X burner, and appears to live up to the speed ratings if you use approprately rated blanks.

It came with the Nero Burning ROM, which is quite easy to use - as evidenced by the fact that we've managed to get quite a few workable CDs out of it.

I'm not sure what happens if you try to copy to "audio" CD blanks, but if you use the "data" blanks, we've had no problem copying CD-to-CD. It offers to connect you to the "copyright police" to pay for your copy, but you can click "ignore." If you're on a hard-wired, permanent, fast connection, yo might get there before you get a chance to respond, but our POTS hookup just waits.

The Yamaha also came with "Music Match Jukebox," which is a fairly common - and fairly "user-friendly" utility.

About $215 (US) last December.

John