From Goldenhawk's site:
"What CDROM devices support CD+G (Karaoke) discs?
To backup CD+G discs, you must have one of the following recorders...
Hewlett Packard 7500 / 8100 / 8200 / 9100 / 9200
Panasonic CW-7501
Plasmon CDR4240
Plextor PX-R412C (must have firmware version 1.07)
Plextor PX-R820T / PX-W4220T / PX-W8220T)
Sony CRX100E / CRX110E / CRX120E / CRX140E / CRX140S
Yamaha All Models
All of the above recorders (except the Yamaha CDR100/CDR102, CW-7501, and CDR4240) are capable of both reading and writing CD+G discs. If you do not have a model that can read CD+G, then you will have to purchase a separate CDROM drive that has this capability.
The following CDROM drives are supported for reading CD+G discs...
Plextor 4Plex Plus
Plextor 8Plex (not recommended)
Plextor 12Plex
Plextor 12/20Plex
Plextor 14/32Plex
Sony 76S (not recommended)
Sony 415 (only works well at 1x reading speed)"
Of course they're not big on keeping things updated, so this very well might not be 100% accurate. Example, my old Mitsumi 4804TE can do CDText, but I couldn't find where Goldenhawk lists it.
I agree about the trouble aspect, but it's still kinda cool to be able to do it [assuming your burner can].