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First, thanks to Spoon & team for a terrific product.
I use dB 13.4 to rip dual streams, AIF and FLAC for external archiving, on a purpose-built music PC with W7-64, through a Lite-On iHas424-98 DVD drive. But, that drive has failed to recognize a few mint CDs, which drives me nuts.
So, what are recommended new drives these days? I don't know if I buy the idea that older Plextors are better--new Lite-Ons and Optiarcs do significantly better than legacy drives in testing at CDRInfo. I've checked the recommended drive thread, but it is outdated.
I contacted Plextor to ask a few questions. They refused to acknowledge that their drives are rebadged in spite of the language on their "About Us" page:
"In 2008, leveraging PLDS (Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions) infrastructure, Plextor US operations appointed PLDS as the sole distributor to promote and sell Plextor branded products into the US, Canada, and other American continent countries."
Plextor also couldn't state what makes Plextors better than anything else for the premium price. Finally, the PX-880 has had numerous firmware revisions since introduction--what are the patching up?
I'm thinking of trying a Lite-On iHas424-08 which uses a Markertek chipset as opposed to the 98's NEC chips. Don't know if that makes it better. Lots of misinformation out there on those two drives, too--some saying the 08 is a true Lite-On whereas the 98 is a rebadged Optiarc, though the two visibly share identical mechanicals but different chips and boards.
So, what say you? I'm also thinking of doing two drives, so I can try another if one doesn't recognize a certain CD. A new Plextor (PX-880) would be worth trying if it had something special about it that made it better than the parent drive--better tolerances, chipset, firmware, etc., but Plextor couldn't say.
Finally, the Lite-On drive had great difficulty ripping CD-Rs that I burned on late 90's Plextors at slow speeds on TDK blanks, with those that would rip in burst mode giving horrible, distorted sound. Is it just not possible to rip CD-Rs?
Thanks,
Kristian
I use dB 13.4 to rip dual streams, AIF and FLAC for external archiving, on a purpose-built music PC with W7-64, through a Lite-On iHas424-98 DVD drive. But, that drive has failed to recognize a few mint CDs, which drives me nuts.
So, what are recommended new drives these days? I don't know if I buy the idea that older Plextors are better--new Lite-Ons and Optiarcs do significantly better than legacy drives in testing at CDRInfo. I've checked the recommended drive thread, but it is outdated.
I contacted Plextor to ask a few questions. They refused to acknowledge that their drives are rebadged in spite of the language on their "About Us" page:
"In 2008, leveraging PLDS (Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions) infrastructure, Plextor US operations appointed PLDS as the sole distributor to promote and sell Plextor branded products into the US, Canada, and other American continent countries."
Plextor also couldn't state what makes Plextors better than anything else for the premium price. Finally, the PX-880 has had numerous firmware revisions since introduction--what are the patching up?
I'm thinking of trying a Lite-On iHas424-08 which uses a Markertek chipset as opposed to the 98's NEC chips. Don't know if that makes it better. Lots of misinformation out there on those two drives, too--some saying the 08 is a true Lite-On whereas the 98 is a rebadged Optiarc, though the two visibly share identical mechanicals but different chips and boards.
So, what say you? I'm also thinking of doing two drives, so I can try another if one doesn't recognize a certain CD. A new Plextor (PX-880) would be worth trying if it had something special about it that made it better than the parent drive--better tolerances, chipset, firmware, etc., but Plextor couldn't say.
Finally, the Lite-On drive had great difficulty ripping CD-Rs that I burned on late 90's Plextors at slow speeds on TDK blanks, with those that would rip in burst mode giving horrible, distorted sound. Is it just not possible to rip CD-Rs?
Thanks,
Kristian
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