Toshiba SD-R5002 IDE DVD-R/RW - Page 7

DAE Tests

- DAE features

EAC v0.9 reports that Toshiba SD-R5002 does not support caching of data, but gives "Accurate Stream" and retrieves "C2" error info.

- Pressed AudioCD results

In this test we examine the speed of the DAE of the drive. Toshiba SD-R5002 16X maximum ripping speed. In the test, the drive ripped the audio files at 15.6X average. The Pioneer drive is faster with 16.2X.

- CDR AudioCD results

With CD-R media, the ripping speed is 15.6X, a little slower than in the test with the pressed CD. However, Pioneer DVR-A04 also gave a lower performance than on the previous test.

- 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
Toshiba SD-R5002	13.3	13.4
Pioneer DVR-A04	4.6	4.5

- Advanced DAE Quality

Toshiba SD-R5002 got a 91 score (out of 100) in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test, due to 12 sync errors occurred. The average speed for the drive is 15.33X. The drive can also read data from SubChannel and CD Text.

- CD-Check Audio Test Disc

Error Level	1	2	3	4	5
Toshiba SD-R5002	5/5	5/5	5/5	4/5	0/5

The Toshiba drive showed average error correction / concealment abilities with the CD-Check audio test disc. The first three audio tracks were playbacked correctly without any error noises. The rest tracks produced audible 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 (%)
Toshiba SD-R5002	1.5X	11013406	20

The drive lowered the ripping speed down to 1.5X, in order to read the severely defected areas of the test disc. However, the 20% of the data ripped were errors.

- Ripping 90 and 99mins AudioCDs

Tested drives	Ripping up to
Toshiba SD-R5002	Up to 98 min

- 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
Toshiba SD-R5002	Recognizes disc contents, cannot rip
Pioneer DVR-A04	Cannot recognize disc contents	Cannot recognize disc contents

The drive cannot handle the "Key2Audio" and "Cactus Data Shield 200" protected discs. The disc contents were recognized, but ripping was impossible.