Importing speed is occasionally very slow

I'm having issues importing cd's on a new 20" Intel iMac. The DVD drive is a Matshita DVD-R UJ846. Sometimes (but not always) the iMac imports cd's at very slow speeds (1.1x-2.0x). Almost every time this happens there are audio problems with the imported track. There are other times when I import cd's and everything is fine.
The problem reappeared tonight. I tried importing the disc in question on my wife's G4 iMac and it worked fine. I also hooked up an external DVD burner and imported the disc again and it was fine with no audio problems. It also imported much faster with the external burner (20x speeds as opposed to a top speed of 8x with the internal drive).
Is the internal drive bad? I have burned several DVD's in iMovie with no problems.
Thanks,
Ron

While I don't have a definite answer to your question, you might see this thread and follow the links for more information...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2845349
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AntonyMack wrote:
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