QPS Que! 8x4x32 Rewritable External Firewire CDRW Drive

by QPS

Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 6.7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SPUX
• Item model number: QPCDRW8432FEMG3
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The QPS Que! FireWire 8x/4x/32x CD-rewritable drive is for PCs equipped with an IEEE 1394 interface. This external drive allows PC users to record, erase, and rewrite CDs again and again at up to 8x write and 4x rewrite speeds. Ideal for archiving and exchanging any kind of data, the produced discs hold up to 74 minutes of audio or 64 MB of data and are fully compatible with all CD-ROM drives and audio players. The QPS Que boasts an average access time of 170 milliseconds and up to 4.8 MBps data transfer rate.

In addition to the 8x write and 4x rewrite speeds, the QPS Que drive delivers up to 24x read performance on most CD media. It comes with 2 MB of buffer RAM to support greater application flexibility.

The QPS Que is complete and ready to install and includes CD mastering software, CD-recordable/rewritable media, a protective carrying bag, and all necessary accessories you need to get started. A headphone jack and volume control are also featured on the face of the drive.

The QPS Que meets UL, CSA, CE, and FCC class B approvals and has a one-year warranty on parts and labor.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great drive, July 22, 2000

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This review is from: QPS Que! 8x4x32 Rewritable External Firewire CDRW Drive (Personal Computers)

I'll start by saying that I have a cheaper Qué drive, I have the 4X4X24 firewire drive, basically the same except slower. I have had a great experience with my drive. Because of the firewire interface it is extremely fast, and gets the full speed that the drive itself is capable of. I use it not only as a CD recorder and rewriter, but as a second CD rom drive, becasue it is as fast as the internal DVD drive on my iMac DV. The firewire interface also means that you must have an iMac DV, Blue and white G3 or a G4, or else a previous power mac that has been upgraded. As far as I know, no PCs come with this port, but they can be upgraded to cheaply, and the drive is PC compatible (as technology advances, most PCs probably have this port now, I haven't been keeping up, so yours may if it's new, and if you have a port to plug your DV camcorder into, that's the port.) I have burned a few CDs so far, and read alot of them. It never skips when I play audio CDs (and I shook it for a while to check) and if the computer crashes during burning and CD players can't read it, you can fix it simply by adding another file or song to the CD, and it will fix it. The drive isn't exactly small, but it is pretty light, and the case is pretty durable. The only shortcoming is the software that comes with it (at least for macs) is a very basic version of Toast, which I will upgrade as soon as I get the money. All in all it is a great drive, and a pretty good price for what you get, and I would recommend it to anyone!

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick and Pretty, August 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: QPS Que! 8x4x32 Rewritable External Firewire CDRW Drive (Personal Computers)

...I hooked it up to my iMac DV SE as per the instructions,turned on the Que, clicked on the Toast Icon and it was that simple. 5 minutes later I was burning my first CD and another 3 minutes later I popped it into my home stereo - it played perfectly.

Great product and performance - it burns a 72 minute CD in about 8 minutes.

looks cool too

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reliable and Fast Burns for iMac / iBook, January 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: QPS Que! 8x4x32 Rewritable External Firewire CDRW Drive (Personal Computers)

When I bought my iBook this fall, I decided to get this drive so I could burn CDs from both my iMac DV SE and the new iBook DV SE. The drive has proved very reliable and it has been a cinch to setup on whatever machine that has firewire. The included case is a nice touch, making it nicely portable so my friends can borrow the drive for their occasional backup or CD Mix that they want to create.

The only thing to be careful of is that you get media that is rated for high-speed burns. I tried to burn one of my first discs with some media that worked fine in my 2x SCSI burner on my PC, but it was only rated to 4x burns. Make sure that whatever media that you buy says 8x or more to prevent coaster creation. (This is something that I learned from my buddy who is a recording engineer and he burns about 20+ CDs a day.)

I haven't tried it on my PC (no firewire card there yet), but I would expect it to work nicely as I have a friend with this drive for his PC.