I dont't care what is in, as long as it performs well and lasts.

Funny thing for me:
Some complain about B&O sound, speaking about frequency ranges from 20 to 25.000 neglecting (rigth word??) the fact that most of us can only hear from 50 - 20.000 or even less. Finally they want to hook up iPods which use 100 - 15.000 Hz... 

Hey, Darling, come and have a look at this, it's great isn' it ? The sound is really poor and it's definitely overpriced. I'm going to buy one"

I can feel a sharp pain in my nether regions.................. 

tacobavaria:

The present DVD drives are, I believe, sourced from Pioneer. The CD drives are originally Philips but are now a separate company. same design though! Not too surprising as there are only a hand full of manufacturers of these types of product. Aiwa, who were later taken over by Sony, made the tape decks.

Pioneer, yes. Only company that still builds drives using metal parts, not plastic, which is why B&O uses them.