The following drive is the best drive for ripping audio; hands down.
- Plextor PlexWriter Premium (MRSP $79.90 USD - Official site, search on Froogle)
- Read sample offset correction value: +30
- Can overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out
A CD-RW drive that represents the very best in audio ripping. It's very fast, it's accurate, and it'll rip pretty much anything, including almost any copy controled disc.
Some subsequent Plextors have been based off of similar firmware, but nothing, not even the newer DVD writers are quite as good as these.