i had the 708 when it was first released.from what i've been reading here and on cdfreaks,i decided to buy the nec 2500 (6 months ago) because it has been said that the drive has a great writting quality.
i have posted some of my results here , do i have a faulty drive?
if the drive is ok then i believe that the plextor is a much much better drive,well the results say that the NEC is unusable anyway :s