BTC 5224IM IDE CD-RW RECORDER - Page 5

DAE Tests

- DAE features

EAC reports that BTC5224E retrieves C2 error information, as we already confirmed in the previous tests, support "caching" and give "accurate stream".

- Pressed AudioCD

According to the official specifications, the BTC5224E supports 40X maximum audio extraction speed. However, our test showed that the drive ripped the audio files to the hard disk at 29.7X average.

- Audio CD-R media

With CD-R media, the performance of the BTC drive was not improved.

- EAC Secure Extract Ripping mode

EAC's secure extract ripping mode ensures the maximum quality of the produced WAV:

- Advanced DAE test

All the drives got a "100" score. The DAE speed for the BTC 5224IM is 27.78X. The drive can also read CD-text and Subchannel data.

- Bad CDR Media results

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

The condition of the disc can be considered as very bad, so the purpose of this test is not to get the best results with zero read errors, but to estimate the capabilities of the drive. The drive returned a reading error in the 2% of the total disc.

- 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 BURST mode) processes:
* Pressed AudioCD with Sony Key2Audio (Celine Dion - New Day Has Come)
* Pressed AudioCD with Cactus Data Shield 200 (Natalie Imbruglia - White Lilies Island)

The BTC 5224IM cannot handle any audio protection. The CDS200 protected disc was recognized but ripping was not possible.