Mitsumi CR-485FTE - Page 5

DAE Tests

- Pressed AudioCD results

In this test we examine the DAE speed of Mitsumi CR-48XFTE. The drive ripped the audio files at a 33.8x average (pressed disc). The Plextor and Optorite drives were faster in the same task reaching 36.8x.

- EAC Secure Extract Ripping mode

EAC "secure extract" ripping-mode ensures maximum quality produced WAV's. The software reports that Mitsumi CR-48XFTE supports "Accurate Stream", "caching" but it is not able to retrieve C2 error information.

Under the EAC Secure Ripping Mode, Mitsumi CR-48XFTE is slow due to the supported "caching" we mentioned above. The Optorite is faster with 14x for the pressed and 15.2x for the CD-R disc.

- Advanced DAE Quality

Below you can see the CDSpeed Advanced DAE test result for the Mitsumi drive. The average reading speed is 33.76x, and the quality score is 100 (perfect). In addition, the drive is able to read CD-Text, and information from the Subchannel data:

- Ripping of 99mins AudioCD's

- Reading/Ripping Protected AudioCD's

For the test procedure we used 2 protected Audio CDs, which we tested in both the recognition and ripping (with EAC) processes:

• Pressed AudioCD with Sony Key2Audio (Celine Dion - New Day Has Come), and
• Pressed AudioCD with Cactus Data Shield 200 (Natalie Imbruglia - White Lilies Island).

Mitsumi CR-48XFTE can handle "Key2Audio" and "Cactus Data Shield 200" protected titles. The produced audio files were accurate and no audible errors were reported during playback.