Nero CD Speed also confirms the very good extraction performance of this drive.
Seek times, at exactly 82 milliseconds, are average. Maximum extraction rate is a very good 42.04x. The drive delivers an accurate datastream and DAE quality achieves a top rating of 10.
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Original Audio-CD
Average Reading Speed
Start Reading Speed
End Reading Speed
Seek Times Random
Seek Times 1/3
Seek Times Full
DAE Quality
Accurate Stream
Liteon LXR24101A
30.83X
20.06X
40.81X
90 ms
109 ms
173 ms
10
Yes
Waitec Frisby II
31.75X
20.27X
42.04X
82 ms
94 ms
167 ms
10
Yes
Yamaha CRW-F1UX
32.20X
19.31X
42.19X
119 ms
141 ms
266 ms
10
Yes
The final, advanced DAE quality test with Nero CD Speed shows that the drive is able to read CD text, sub-channel data, even lead-in and lead-out. There really isn't much else you could ask a writer/rewriter to do.
In comparison with the competition, the following picture emerges :
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Enhanced DAE Quality-Test
Read Lead-In
Read Lead-Out
Read CD-Text
Read Subchannel Data
Average Speed
Liteon LXR24101A
No
No
Yes
Yes
28.63X
Waitec Frisby II
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
28,91X
Yamaha CRW-F1UX
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
30.55X
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