Any new Opus 21 onwers?

There have been some comments about the whine from the CD Drive. How loud is it, and does it become annoying?

I have just finished a comparison against the Audio Aero Capitale mk2 in two systems and the AA was vastly superior in terms of tone, pacing and sound staging.

two-box solutions will beat any one-box- I just sold my Capitole, and have recently auditioned the latest version of EMC- in either case, other transport/dac combos have beaten up the one-box players easily. My next digital purchase will be an Audio Note Dac to couple with my one-day-to-be-modded Teac Esoteric P1 transport...