Yamaha 24X with new audio master system...

Yamaha announces its new CRW3200 LightSpeed3 family of optical recorders. Their new (internal) IDE model is the first who 24x which features Mt. Rainier support and Yamaha's exclusive audio master quality recording system.

Mt. Rainier support adds true drag-and-drop CD rewriting and on-the-fly formatting to CD creation in operating systems such as Microsoft Windows XP(TM) and Linux, making the CD the ideal floppy disk replacement. The need to install separate CD-mastering software or a hardware driver is a thing of the past as Yamaha's CRW3200EZ is the first CD recorder that can write to a CD as easily as a floppy disc drive.

In addition, the exclusive new Audio Master Quality Recording System, designed by Yamaha, guarantees the best possible audio or data recording quality on conventional 74 or 80-minute CD-R discs. When Audio Master recording mode is enabled, the system widens the lands and the pits, significantly reducing jitter created during CD-R recording, improving audio and music recording quality to a level rivaling professionally prepared music CDs.

They say with this new technology the quality of CD recording or CD duplication is enhanced by 30%. The drive also features Yamaha SafeBurn and an 8MB buffer to prevent coasters. You can read more technical details in the press release.

The internal E-IDE CRW3200EZ will be available this month for about $199.99. The external CRW3200SXZ using Ultra SCSI interface will cost around $349.99. They also have an external fireware for $329.99 and an external USB 2.0 for $299.99. These drives will all be available in November.

Source: Yahoo