Plextor PX-708A dual DVD±RW recorder - Page 7

DAE Tests

- Pressed and CDR AudioCD results

Plextor PX-708A supports the 40x maximum DAE speed. Below you can see a CDSpeed transfer rate test with a pressed audio CD:

According to CDSpeed, the average reading speed with this disc was 31.61x, and the reported seek times were adequate.

We ripped the contents of same audio disc to the hard disk with CDDAE software. The drive gave an average ripping speed (burst mode) of 29x for the pressed disc and 29.2x for a copied on CD-R.

- Advanced DAE Quality

Plextor PX-708A got a 100 score (perfect) in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test. The CDSpeed showed that the average reading speed is 29.80X, and that the drive supports reading of SubChannel data. Leadin / Leadout data and CD Text.

- Ripping of 99mins AudioCDs

- Reading/Ripping Protected AudioCDs

For the test procedure we used two audio discs with different audio protections. The tasks we tested is both recognition and ripping to the hard disk. The software we used is the Exact Audio Copy.

* Pressed Audio disc protected by Sony Key2Audio (Celine Dion - New Day Has Come)

* Pressed Audio disc protected by Cactus Data Shield 200 (Natalie Imbruglia - White Lilies Island)

Plextor PX-708A is fully compatible with protected audio discs. Both discs were recognized and their contents were ripped accurately at the maximum speed.