Teac CD-552E IDE CD-ROM - Page 5

DAE Tests

- DAE features

EAC v0.9 reports that Teac CD-552E does not support caching of data, but gives "Accurate Stream" and retrieves "C2" error info.

- Pressed AudioCD results

In this test we examine the speed of the DAE of the drive. TEAC CD-552E supports the 40X (max) DAE speed. The drive finished first with a 28.5X score, while the MSI MS-8152 comes second with 28.0X.

- CDR AudioCD results

With CD-R media, the ripping speed is slightly slower. The MSI drive gets the second place with a 27.9X.

- 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

TEAC CD-552E got a 100 score (out of 100) in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test. The average speed for the drive is 28.94X. The drive cannot read data from SubChannel but supports CD Text.

- CD-Check Audio Test Disc

The Toshiba drive showed average error correction / concealment abilities with the CD-Check audio test disc. The first three audio tracks were playbacked correctly without any error noises. The rest tracks produced audible errors.

- Bad CDR Media results

Unfortunately, the drive did not recognize the test disc and the test PC was locked.

- Ripping 90 and 99mins AudioCDs

The drive recognizes the contents of 90/99 min discs and can rip them without any problems.

- 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 the "Key2Audio" protected discs. The disc contents were not recognized and ripping was impossible. On the other hand, the drive recognizes the "Cactus Data Shield 200" protected discs, but ripping is too slow at ~1X.