Plextor PX-712A Dual DVD±RW Recorder - Page 6

DAE Tests

The Plextor PX-712A supports 17~40X CAV DAE speed. When used on a pressed AudioCD with CD-R copy we had the following results.

The PX-712A was 1.9X faster than both the PX-712A and CyberDrive DX122D, with pressed media. When using CD-R media, the PX-712A didn't perform as well as before and ended up in last place with 29.1X.

The Plextor PX-708A received a perfect score of 100 in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test. The CDSpeed showed that the average reading speed is 29.80X, and that the drive supports reading of SubChannel data. Leadin / Leadout data and CD Text.

- Reading/Ripping Protected AudioCDs

For the test procedure we used two audio discs with different audio copy protections. The areas we checked are for both recognition and ripping to the hard disk with Exact Audio Copy.

• Pressed Audio disc protected by Sony Key2Audio (Celine Dion - New Day Has Come)
• Pressed Audio disc protected by Cactus Data Shield 200 (Natalie Imbruglia - White Lilies Island)

The Plextor PX-712A is fully compatible with protected audio discs. Both discs were recognized and their contents were ripped accurately at the maximum speed.