INcoder GH32U-A1 DVD/CD-RW - Page 7

DAE Tests

- DAE features

EAC v0.9 reports that the drive doesn't cachine data, supports "Accurate Stream" and can retrieve "C2" error information.

- Pressed AudioCD results

In this test we examine the DAE speed of the drive. The INcoder drive was fast enough to get the second position below ASUS CRW3212 with a 29.3X. No errors produced while ripping the disc.

- CDR AudioCD results

With CD-R media, the ripping speed reached the 30.1X, which is high enough to get again the second best position.

- EAC Secure Extract Ripping mode

EAC's secure extract ripping mode results, which ensures maximum produced WAV quality. Note that for each drive we used the build-in detection function:

Tested Drives	Average DAE Speed (X)
	Pressed	CDR
INcoder GH32U-A1	22.5	22.6

- Advanced DAE Quality

The drive didn't have a perfect (100) score in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test. It produced 7895 Data errors and got a 99.7 score. The drive can also read data from SubChannel and CD Text.

- Bad CDR Media results

	Average Speed (X)	Errors	Errors Of Total Disc (%)
INcoder GH32U-A1	Cannot recognize disc contents

We used CD DAE software to rip the whole disc (756539616 sectors) to the hard disk. The drive didn't recognize the disc contents :(

- Ripping 90 and 99mins AudioCDs

Tested drives	Ripping up to
INcoder GH32U-A1	90mins

- Reading/Ripping Protected AudioCDs

For the test procedure we used 2 protected AudioCDs, which we tested in both recognition and ripping (with 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)

	Key2Audio	CDS200
INcoder GH32U-A1	Cannot recognize disc contents	Recognizes disc contents but cannot rip

The drive cannot handle either "Key2Audio" or "Cactus Data Shield 200" protected audio discs.