So how loud would this drive be compared to say, the old Yamaha 20x? People said back then, that this drive was loud, but it just sometimes makes a high-pitched noise when spinning up. Does the Lite-ON have any kind of speed control utility to manually limit speed? Is this drive "smart"? Does it play audio cd's at 1X, or does it unnecessarily spins at a high speed?
I like my Pioneer 106s, as I downloaded a utility to put it in silent mode. Although it took a little performance away, I didn't like how it kept spinning the disc really fast unnecessarily when reading certain types of discs.