TEAC CD-W548E IDE CD-RW - Page 5

DAE Tests

- DAE features

- Pressed AudioCD

The TEAC CD-W548E was a fast performer, but there are faster drives from SONY and CyberDrive. However, the difference is not that important (0.4X-0.5X).

- Audio CD-R media

With CD-R media, the TEAC drive is close to the top, but the ASUS CRW4816A is faster by a 0.3X. The slowest drive comes from SONY with a 29.6X.

- 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 built-in detection function:

- Advanced DAE test

All the drives got a "100" score. The DAE speed for the TEAC CD-W548E drive is 26.71X. The drive can also read Leadin information, CD-text and Subchannel data.

- Bad CDR Media results

We used CD DAE software to rip the whole disc (756539616 sectors) to the hard disk.

The condition of the disc can be considered as very bad, so the purpose of this test is not to get the best results with any read errors, but to estimate the capabilities of the drive. The drive could not recognize the disc contents and PC a reboot was unavoidable in order to eject the test disc from the tray.

- Ripping 90 and 99mins AudioCDs

- Reading/Ripping Protected AudioCDs

For the test procedure we used 2 protected AudioCDs, which we tested in both recognition and ripping (with EAC BURST mode) 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 TEAC CD-W548E was able to rip the CDS200 protected Audio discs, but it failed to recognize the Key2Audio protected Audio disc.