Plextor PX-S2410TU

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. Data CD Tests
3. Error Correction Tests
4. CloneCD Reading Tests
5. DAE Tests
6. CDR Tests
7. Writing Quality Tests
8. HS-RW Writing Tests
9. Conclusion

Plextor PX-S2410TU portable CD-RW drive - Page 5

DAE Tests

- DAE features

EAC v0.9 reports that the PX-S2410TU supports caching of data, "Accurate Stream" and retrieves "C2" error info.

- Pressed AudioCD results

In this test we examine the DAE speed of drive. The PX-S2410TU ripped the audio files at 8X average. The ripping speed is not very high but is almost the same we had measured for previous portable Plextor drives. The INcoder TS24C-C1 is faster by 2X.

- CDR AudioCD results

With CD-R media, the ripping for Plextor speed is again 8X, while the INcoder is a little slower than in the test with the pressed CD.

- 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)
Tested Drives	Pressed	CDR
Plextor PX-S2410T	2.8	2.8
INcoder TS24C-C1	9.6	9.7

- Advanced DAE Quality

Plextor PX-S2410TU got a 100 score (best) in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test. The average speed for the drive is 8.03X. The drive can also read data from SubChannel and CD Text. On the other hand, the INcoder produced 7050 data errors.

- Bad CDR Media results

We used CD DAE software to rip the whole disc (756539616 sectors) to the hard disk.

	Average Speed (X)	Errors	Errors Of Total Disc (%)
Plextor PX-S2410T	Read error at 90% of ripping
INcoder TS24C-C1	Read error at 90% of ripping

The PX-S2410TU did not manage to finish the test and gave a read error in the last tracks of the disc.

- Ripping 90 and 99mins AudioCDs

Tested drives	Ripping up to
Plextor PX-S2410T	Up to 99min
INcoder TS24C-C1	Up to 88min

- 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
	EAC
Plextor PX-S2410T	Cannot recognize disc contents	OK (detect TOC manually feature)
INcoder TS24C-C1	Recognize disc contents, but rips the first 5 tracks only	Recognizes disc contents but not all files have high quality

The drive cannot recognize the tracks of the Key2Audio protected title. With the Cactus Data Shield disc, it ripped the disc contents but the TOC had to be manually detected through the available feature of EAC software.