MSI MS-8152 IDE CD-ROM - Page 5

DAE Tests

- DAE features

EAC v0.9 reports that MSI drive does not support caching of data, but supports "Accurate Stream" and retrieves "C2" error info.

- Pressed AudioCD results

In this test we examine the DAE speed of the drive. The MSI MS-8152 has the best average ripping speed of 28X. The TEAC CD-552E comes second with 22.3X while the CyberDrive 52X takes the third with 15.1X. The Samsung drive takes the last position with a 6.9X speed!

- CDR AudioCD results

With CD-R media, the ripping speed is the same. The drive is still the fastest in the test, since the rest of the drives were even slower than in the previous test with the pressed disc.

- 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 build-in detection function:

- Advanced DAE Quality

The MSI MS-8152 got a 100 score in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test. The average speed for the drive is 28.86X. Nero CD Speed reports that the drive cannot read data from SubChannel (false), and doesn't support reading of CD-Text.

- Bad CDR Media results

We used CD DAE software to rip the whole disc (756539616 sectors) to the hard disk. Unfortunately, the drive did not recognize the test disc.

- Ripping 90 and 99mins AudioCDs

The drive recognizes the contents of a 90 min disc but stops reading above 88mins. The 99 minutes CDs weren't recognized.

- 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)

The drive cannot handle either the "Key2Audio" or "Cactus Data Shield 200" protected discs. The disc contents were not recognized and ripping was impossible.