NEC ND-2510A Recorder - Page 6

- Pressed and CDR AudioCD results

The ND-2510A supports up to 40X CAV DAE speed. The following results were reported when using Exact Audio Copy.

The NEC ND-2510A had slower average speeds for both Pressed CD and CDR media. NEC's drive can report C2 errors, but caching is not supported.

Future firmware updates might improve the average DAE speed of the drive. Remember that the NEC ND-2500A reported similar average DAE speeds.

- Advanced DAE Quality

Good recorders can achieve a perfect quality score of 100, but the ND-2510A achieved a score of 99.1, which is still acceptable although not perfect. LiteOn's drive was again faster than the ND-2510A. The drive cannot read Leadin data and Leadout data, but it can read CD Text and Subchannel data. The reported average speed was 24.29X.

- Ripping 90mins AudioCDs

The drive can read/rip flawlessly 90min Audio CDs at an average speed of 23.38X (33.12X max speed). Reading speed was automatically reduced nearly at the end of the reading process, after 77min up to 89min, but the drive read the disc without errors.

- Ripping 99mins AudioCDs

The NEC ND-2510A could not even recognize the 99min Audio CD we used for this test. The time length was wrong and the reading process could not start.

It should be noted that 99mins Audio CDs were also a problem with the ND-2500A. These discs could not be ripped but at least they were recognized by the ND-2500A. This is a point that NEC should focus on in the next firmware release.