Panasonic LF-D521 IDE DVD-RAM - Page 8

DAE Tests

- DAE features

EAC reports that Panasonic LF-D521 supports "Accurate Stream", retrieves no "C2" error info and does not support "caching".

- Pressed AudioCD results

In this test we examine the speed of the DAE of the drive. Panasonic LF-D521 does not support the maximum 32x reading speed for audio ripping.The drive ripped the audio files at 19.6x average. The Pioneer was faster with a 23.8x reading speed.

- CDR AudioCD results

With CD-R media, the ripping speed is 19.6x, a little slower than in the test with the pressed CD.

- EAC Secure Extract Ripping mode

EAC's "secure extract" ripping-mode results, which ensures maximum quality produced WAV's. Note that for each drive we used the build-in detection function:

Under the EAC Secure Ripping Mode, Panasonic LF-D521 finished the task at an average speed of 18x. The Pioneer drive was slower since it supported "caching" and secure ripping was tougher and thus, slower.

- Advanced DAE Quality

Panasonic LF-D521 got a 100 score (best) in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test. The average speed for the drive is 19.49x. The drive can also read data from SubChannel, CD Text and information from the Leadin area of the disc.

- 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 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).

Panasonic LF-D521 can handle both "Key2Audio" and "Cactus Data Shield 200" protected titles. Ripping was achieved in the maximum supported ripping speed and the extracted data were absolutely accurate.