DAE Tests (Audio pressed CDs):

Test Method:
We used CD DAE 99 v0.2with AudioCDs in order to check DAE performance of the PX-W1210A drive and we compared it with the PX-W124TS model.

- CD DAE 99 v0.2 results:
The PleXWriter's PX-W1210A DAE performance, with pressed CD's, was very good and outperformed PX-W124TS  by 11.37%. This is natural since PX-W1210A has max 24x when PX-W124TS has only 20x max DAE speed. Both drives produce accurate wavs without any clicks or pops inside.

DAE Tests (CD media)

Test Method:
We made several copies using Feurio v1.36b at 12x (using the Sanyo CRD-BP2 CDR-W drive) in order to check the DAE performance of the drive. We measured ripping speeds with CD DAE 99 v0.2 and compared it with other CD-ROM's.

CD DAE 99 v0.2 results:

- FujiFilm 74min AudioCD:
No surprises here as again the IDE model beat the SCSI one...:

Verdict of DAE Results:
We all know Plextor drives as the kings of DAE ripping speed. The new PX-W1210A has maximum 24x DAE ripping speed that reaches the DAE speed of the PX-40TS model. Pretty impressive speed for CDR-W drive. A comparison between PX-W1210A and  PX-W124TS is not fair because  PX-W124TS has only 20x max DAE speed. But since no SCSI version of the 12/10/32 engine is out we decided to compare it with the previous SCSI model. The tests showed that the PX-W1210A model has an average 16.8x ripping speed using CD DAE 99 v0.2. At the same time the CPU Usage is high (34%) but expected since it is an IDE drive.