- Pressed and CDR AudioCD results

The drive supports up to a 40X CAV DAE speed. The following results were reported when using Nero CD/DVD Speed.

With both pressed AudioCD and AudioCD-R media, the LG drive came third, with the the other two drives, the Philips taking the lead using cdr media and the Memorex in the pressed cd.

- Advanced DAE Quality

All tested drives received a perfect quality score of 100. The LG drive can read Leadin data and CD Text but not Leadout and Subchannel data. The reported average speed was 28.82X.

- Ripping 90mins AudioCDs

The drive can read/rip flawlessly 90min Audio CDs.

- Ripping 99mins AudioCDs

The drive can read/rip flawlessly 99min Audio CDs, with no speed drop near the end of the disc. Note that, so far, few drives have this capacity .