YAMAHA CRW-F1DX CDR-W - Page 6

DAE Tests

- DAE features

- Pressed AudioCD

The YAMAHA CRW-F1DX supports up to 44X DAE. The results showed that there are not actual differences in the DAE speeds of the two Yamaha drives.

- AudioCD-R media

In the CD-R DAE test, the external drive is slightly faster with 30.6X.

- 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 built-in detection function:

- Advanced DAE Quality

The drive got a 100 score (best) in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test. The average speed for YAMAHA CRW-F1DX was 30.51X. The drive can also read data from Lead-in, CD-text and SubChannel.

- CD-Check Audio Test Disc

The YAMAHA CRW-F1DX partly fulfilled the forth level requirement of CD-Check test disc without perfect score (4/5). The drive didn't produce any pops during the playback process until that level.

- Bad CDR Media results

We used CD DAE 99 software to rip the whole disc (756539616 sectors) to the hard disk.

The YAMAHA CRW-F1DX reported read error and stopped at the 95% of the total process.

- Ripping 90 and 99mins AudioCDs

- 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)

YAMAHA CRW-F1DX can handle both CDS200 and Key2Audio protected audio discs. This is an issue solved in this 1.0c firmware version, since the IDE model had problems with the Key2Audio protection.