DAE Tests

- Pressed and CDR AudioCD results

The RICOH MP5316DA supports up to 13-32X CAV DAE speed. The following results were reported when using Exact Audio Copy.

The RICOH MP5316DA was slower with both Pressed CD and CDR media. The fastest drive was the Pioneer DVR-108, with the BenQ DW1620A slightly behind.

The RICOH MP5316DA drive can report C2 errors, but caching is not supported.

The RICOH MP5316DA achieved a score of 97.2 (slightly better than the NEC ND-3500A), which is a good score (but not perfect). Very good recorders can achieve a perfect quality score of 100. At the same time, the RICOH MP5316DA was the slowest drive in the comparison matrix. The RICOH MP5316DA cannot read Leadin data or Leadout data, but it can read CD Text and Subchannel data. The reported average speed was 24.17X.

The drive can read/rip flawlessly 90min Audio CDs at an average speed of 22.29X, starting the reading process at 15.35X and reaching a maximum speed of 32.93X. Reading speed dropped to around 8X near the end of the reading process, from the 77th min to the end but the drive read the disc without errors.

The 99min Audio CD we used for this test was not recognized correctly by the RICOH MP5316DA. The time length was wrong and the reading process could not start, giving the following error message.

It should be noted that 99min Audio CDs are a problem with all NEC based drives.