i have the same problem, i have a 40x tdk that's supposed to be really fast 
for ripping and i can only rip at 3x

mark

On Friday 02 November 2001 06:23 am, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is ot I know, but..., I'm having problems ripping some audio, it's so
> damn slow!!! The last time I did this (I think it was under windows) I
> could at least rip at 8X (SCSI), now it's at 1,5X maximum (cdparanoia with
> some switches). I have tested with SCSI and 3 different IDE CDROMS, one IDE
> CDROM is brand new. This is very disappointing for a former musician and
> pro sound technician...
>
> Testbed1 (SCSI): Adaptec 2940UW+TEAC CD-532S
> Testbed2 (IDE, second channel): SONY CDU4811&CDU5221, SAMSUNG SCR-3231
>
> Is there some magical hdparm and cdparanoia switches I don't know about? Or
> is it the kernel?
>
> Anyone feels like sharing experiences regarding this? I would appreciate
> it.

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