Asus has made this CD-ROM based on the Ultra DMA/33 interface 
and a CLV design, with some additional features such as antivibration. This $70 CD-ROM provides good performance without the vibration 
and noise we’ve come to expect from 40x CD-ROMs. 

Using Hi-Val’s unique TrueX technology, Kenwood’s Multi Beam drive can split the laser beam into smaller multiple beams that allow a larger area of the CD to be read in a second. This drive sustains an impressive 6MB per second transfer rate in both inner and outer tracks, and at $110, it’s only drawbacks are the price and some minor incompatibilities with CD-R discs. Other than this, the Kenwood Multi Beam is a superlative CD-ROM.

At $150, this is an excellent choice for a SCSI CD-ROM. It may not have the fastest 40x performance, but it’s built by Plextor, who are CD-ROM pioneers and old hands at this sort of thing. Its overall performance is very impressive, even though, being a 
SCSI CD-ROM, it is a little on the expensive side.