Quantity   Component name
1 × Replacement Internal DVD Drive The included units were 2007 era, slow as hell.
1 × Visual Studio (2010 in my case) For developing Windows Software to automate the capture process, and bend the CD Ripping software to do my bidding.
1 × CUETools 2.1.6 Software + Sources An excellent suite of MS.NET utilities for ripping CDs, critically a command line (scriptable) component within. http://cuetools.net/wiki/CUETools
1 × MF Digital Scribe CD Robot - yes not easy at all to acquire. Perhaps eBay?