I want a slot loader. There is about 10 dollars difference between these. According to www.cdspeed2000.com the aopen is the better model. any insight from the wonderful people of anandtech. Thank you in advance. Ive been researching this and havent found much info. Also the AOPEN is extremely hard to find, especially at amazon or buy.com or egghead. sux too cause i got a gc at buy and amazon. Im looking to save some money here...but not at the expense of a poor choice. I dont care about DAE and stuff. I have a teac 540 drive that takes care of that and a plexi 12x w/burnproof. Thank you for all of your help.