- Pressed and CDR Audio CD results

The PX 740A supports up to 48x CAV DAE speed, which is the fastest available speed on the market today. The following results were reported when using Exact Audio Copy software.

The Plextor, LiteOn and BenQ drives reported more or less the same Average DAE speeds, both with pressed and CDR audio discs, all supporting up to 48X DAE speed. The NEC drive supports up to 40X DAE speed and so its average DAE speed was a good deal slower than the other drives.

- Advanced DAE Quality

The Plextor drive managed to achieve a perfect 100 quality score, while reporting a 33.15X average speed. This was also the case with the LiteOn and BenQ drives.

The drive can read Leadin data, CD Text and Subchannel Data, but it cannot read Leadout data.

- Ripping 90mins Audio CDs

Unfortunately, the drive could not complete the test with our 90min audio CD.

- Ripping 99mins Audio CDs

Same result here, the ripping could not be completed, failing just short from the end.