Aopen vs Toshiba
6. DAE Tests
Aopen vs Toshiba - Page 6
- Pressed and CDR AudioCD results
AOpen supports 40X DAE speed while Toshiba 32X.

As it was expected, due to the specifications for each drive, the AOpen drive was faster than the Toshiba. As we said in a previous page, the Asus and AOpen drives share the same chipset, as does the Samsung with the Toshiba. The performance between the drives confirmed this once again.
EAC also reported the following information for each drive:
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- Advanced DAE Quality

All tested drives received a perfect quality score of 100.The average speed was again higher for the AOpen drive over the Toshiba.

Advanced DAE Quality for AOpen

Advanced DAE Quality for Toshiba
- Ripping 90mins AudioCDs

AOpen

Toshiba
- Ripping 99mins AudioCDs

AOpen

Toshiba
Neither of the two drives managed to read successfully all of the disc contents.

