AudioMASTER in depth

After compared the three technologies we decided to test AudioMASTER and VariREC technologies in depth. For that purpose, we used a very well known media, That's 80min 48X certified with the following media information:

Manufacturer: Taiyo Yuden
Code: 97m24s01f
Recording Layer: Dye Type 1: Long Strategy (Cyanine, AZO)
Capacity: 79:59.72 (703 MB)

We burned the same amount of data, with the same drive (YAMAHA CRW-F1E, firmware v1.0f); from the same media batch (spindle 50 pieces). Under normal recording mode (DAO), the data was 80:07:43mins, while under AudioMASTER mode 67:07:42mins.

3T Pit Results

The above graph shows how the 3T Pit Jitter changes according to the selected AudioMASTER recording speed. It's clear that the 1X writing speed will produce the worst results, while the 4X recording speed the best. The 8X recording speed will produce the same 3T Pit Jitter at the whole disc area.

Let's now see how the 3T Jitter chances when recording under DAO (normal) mode. The 1X recording speed produced the best results.

The above graph shows the average 3T Pit Jitter from the special and normal recording modes. The best results come from the AudioMASTER at 4X recording speed. The AudioMASTER 8X come second, while the 1X normal speed third. The AudioMASTER 1X recording speed won't produce very well results as someone may expect.