ASUS CRW4816A IDE CD-RW - Page 5

DAE Tests

- DAE features

- Pressed AudioCD results

ASUS CRW4816A reaches the 48x DAE ripping speed with either CD-R or pressed Audio discs. The drive would have won the first place this test, if CyberDrive wasn't present. Its average reading speed is 34.1X:

- CDR AudioCD results

With CD-R media, ASUS CRW4816A improved its reading performance and now gets the first place with 34.7X:

- EAC Secure Extract Ripping mode

For each drive we used the build-in detection function:

- Advanced DAE Quality

All tested drives got a 100 score (best), except from CyberDrive CW-078D, in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test. The ASUS drive has 33.36X average reading speed. It can also read CD-Text and SubChannel data as Nero CD Speed test reports:

- CD-Check Audio Test Disc

ASUS CRW4816A drive reached the forth level of CD-Check test disc. The drive didn't produce any pops during the playback process until that level.

- Bad CDR Media results

The disc has fingerprints and includes light scratches, enough in order cause problems to most of the tested drives. We used CD DAE 99 software to rip the whole disc (756539616 sectors) and the results are posted in the following table:

The drive refused to read the test disc. It locked after we inserted disc, and PC reboot was required to eject the media.

- Ripping 90 and 99mins AudioCDs

- Reading/Ripping Protected AudioCDs

For the test procedure we used 2 protected AudioCDs, which we tested in both recognition and ripping (with CD DAE & EAC) processes:

* Pressed AudioCD with Sony Key2Audio (Celine Dion - New Day Has Come)
* Pressed AudioCD with Cactus Data Shield 200 (Natalie Imbruglia - White Lilies Island)

The ASUS drive cannot "handle" protected Audio discs. In the case of Key2Audio disc, cannot recognize the inserted disc and with CDS200 even it recognizes correctly the Audio tracks, it cannot rip them.