BenQ DW1600A DL Recorder - Page 6

- Pressed and CDR AudioCD results

The DW1600A supports up to 40X CAV DAE speed. The following results were reported when using Exact Audio Copy.

When a pressed CD was used, the DW1600A was slightly faster than the DD0405 and slower than the 832S, but when CD-R media was used, BenQ's drive was the slowest among the three drives.

Of course, firmware updates can improve this performance. As EAC reports, the drive cannot cache DAE, supports accurate stream and cannot report C2 error information.

- Advanced DAE Quality

The DW1600A achieved a perfect quality score of 100 in Nero's CD Speed Advanced DAE test. The drive can read Leadin data, CD Text and Subchannel data, but cannot read Leadout data. The reported average speed was 29.16X.

- Ripping 90mins AudioCDs

The drive can read/rip flawlessly 90min Audio CDs at an average speed of 31.94X (42.24X max speed).

- Ripping 99mins AudioCDs

The drive can also read/rip 99min Audio CDs with no problem. The reported speed in this case was 33.23X (44.56X max speed).