I have a question about my audio extraction rate. When trying to rip cd's the fastest my cd-rom will extract is 3X (576 kb/sec) is there ANY way to up this or do I just need to shell out the bucks for a better Cd-rom?

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Mat****a
firmware revision = yso9
address 3:0:0
Max read speed 48x
cache buffer = 128 kb
upc isrc = yes
Bar code = no