Waitec Frisby II
5. DAE Tests
Waitec Frisby II external CD-RW - Page 5
DAE Tests
- DAE features
EAC v0.9 reports that Waitec Frisby II supports "caching" of data,
retrieves "C2" error info and gives "Accurate Stream".
- Pressed AudioCD results
In this test we examine the speed of the DAE of the drives. Waitec Frisby II ripped the pressed disc at 29.4X average speed, just 0.7X slower than PleXWriter PX-W4012A.
- CDR AudioCD results
In the CD-R ripping test, the Plextor drive was slower and the difference from the Frisby II is smaller. The Waitec drive improved the ripping speed to 29.5X.
- 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:
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Tested Drives
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Average DAE Speed (X)
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Pressed
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CDR
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Waitec Frisby II
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10.3
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3.8
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LG GCE-8400B
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5.9
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6.2
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PleXWriter PX-W4012A
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7.3
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7
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Samsung SW-240B
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9.7
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9.9
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Waitec Frisby II finished the test with the pressed disc at 10.3X, but with the copied CD, the drive lowered the ripping speed very much and finished the task at only 3.8X.
- Advanced DAE Quality
All drives got a 100 score (best) in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test. The average speed for Waitec drive was 29.01X. The drive can also read data from SubChannel and CD Text.
- Bad CDR Media results
We used CD DAE software to rip the whole disc (756539616 sectors) to the hard disk.
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Average Speed (X)
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Errors
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Errors Of Total Disc (%)
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Waitec Frisby II
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8.8
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124065957
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14.6
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LG GCE-8400B
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Ripping stopped
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PleXWriter PX-W4012A
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22.6
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86674027
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11.46
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Samsung SW-240B
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13.2
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152005
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0.02
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Waitec Frisby II ripped the files at 8.8X average speed, but the 14.6% of the disc contents were not correct. PleXWriter had given an 11.46% error rate and ripped the files at 22.6X. The best result had come from the Samsung drive, with just 0.02% errors.
- Ripping 90 and 99mins AudioCDs
Waitec Frisby II stopped ripping at 98min with the 99min audio CD we tested.
- 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)
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Key2Audio
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CDS200
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EAC
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Waitec Frisby II
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Cannot recognize disc contents
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Recognizes the disc contents but cannot
rip
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LG GCE-8400B
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Cannot recognize the disc contents
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Can recognize the disc contents but cannot
rip
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PleXWriter PX-W4012A
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Rips entire disc without problems
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Rips entire disc without problems
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Samsung SW-240B
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Cannot recognize the disc contents
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Can rip disc contents but the extracted
files have errors
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Audio protections seems to be tough for Waitec Frisby II. The "Key2Audio"protected disc was not recognized and the "CDS200" disc contents were recognized but could not be ripped.
