Plextor UltraPleX PX-40TS SCSI CD-ROM
3. DAE Tests
Plextor PX-40TS SCSI CD ROM - Page 3
DAE Tests
CD Speed results: (Speed : Bigger is better, Seek Times : less is better, CPU Usage : less is better)
|
Dae Quality/ Accurate Stream |
Speed (x) |
Seek Time (ms) |
CPU Usage (%) |
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Start |
Average |
End |
Random |
1/3 |
Full |
1x |
2x |
4x |
8x |
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Sync Off |
10 - Yes |
15.80 |
15.77 |
15.74 |
81 |
89 |
125 |
9 |
14 |
26 |
51 |
|
Sync On |
10 - Yes |
18.69 |
23.63 |
24.20 |
118 |
141 |
126 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
20 |
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Various Rippers Results:
Test Method: I used CDFS, EAC v0.85b, WinDAC32 v1.49 & AudioGrabber v1.50 to test audio capabilities.
Tested CD: The Chemical Brothers "Dig Your Own Hole" - Track : 5 (Setting Sun)
Comparing Method:
- Ripped Track 5 of the CD with Drag & Drop (using CDFS) and with all
the other CD Rippers.
- Edited all wavs with Hedit v2.0.04 and located the 2 following bytes (chosen
randomly)
- Removed all previous bytes and saved.
- Then in a Dos window compared them using: FC /b x.wav y.wav
Notes:
CDFS Driver and Plextor Manager AudioFS capture speeds were measured using
a not-so-accurate way (calculating with the time they took to complete the rip),
because the program itself (or the windows explorer ;) ) don't provide any way
of speed measurement. They should give you the general idea though...
Programs Settings:
CDFS Driver v4.00.130 :
Drag & Drop
Plextor Manager 2000 Audio Capture :Error
Correction 100%
Plextor Manager 2000 AudioFS : Drag
& Drop
EAC v0.85b : Burst
& Secure Mode / Rip Speed Default / Allow speed reduction / Error correction
medium
WinDAC32 v1.49 : Burst
Mode / Rip Speed Default
AudioGrabber v1.50 : Buffered Burst Mode / Rip Speed Default
|
Program |
Average Speed |
Listening |
Average Speed |
Listening |
|
CDFS Driver v4.00.130 |
41 sec for 56.630kb = 9.20x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
28 sec for 56.630kb=13.48x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
|
Plextor Manager 2000 |
10.3x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
16.0x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
|
Plextor Manager 2000 AudioFS |
21 sec for 56.630 = 17.98x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
20 sec for 56.630 = 18.88x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
|
EAC v0.85b (burst) |
11.9x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
16.0x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
|
EAC v0.85b (secure) |
5.8x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
7.8x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
|
WinDAC32 v1.49 |
12.5x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
16.2x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
|
AudioGrabber v1.50 |
12.75x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
16.07x |
No clicks..No sec lost..Seemed ok! |
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Comparing Results |
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CDFS Driver v4.00.130 |
Plextor Manager 2000 |
Plextor Manager 2000 AudioFS |
EAC Burst |
WinDAC32 - Burst (Rip Speed Default) |
AudioGrabber |
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|
EAC Secure |
same |
same |
same |
same |
FC: cdfs.wav longer than aud4.wav |
same |
Verdict of DAE Results:
As anticipated, the Plextor gave out excellent wav files, no matter what program
was being used. Into this test max DAE speed was 18.88x but if you try
into last tracks of CD you will get up to 24x. Plextor drives includes
automatic jitter control which is responsible for high DAE speeds. All files
compared perfectly, except the wav files produced by WinDAC32 (failed to give
exact file size as all others wav rippers..) AudioFS gave the best possible
ripping speed (up to 18.88x). AudioCapture is a little behind as it uses Error
Correction method which can reduce the possibility of getting a wav with clicks,
pops inside. EAC (burst mode) performed quite as good as Plextor utils.So what
Plextor users must use for ripping ? 2 tools..EAC (secure mode) and AudioCapture
2000. Both are the only ripping tools which have error correction routines to
reduce errors when ripping wav's..
