Pioneer BDR-206MBK

[Clegane]

Has anyone tested this drive with dbPoweramp 14? I'd like to know if it could be good enough to replace one of my other disk drives as I am getting ready to build a new machine, and the number of 5.25" bays I need will affect my choice of chassis.

My other disk drives

Plexwriter Premium 2 w 1.03 firmware
1173 KB cache detected
FUA detected
C2 detected

TEAC DV-W5000E
117 KB cached detected (slightly larger than the 93 KB cached detected w/v13)
FUA detected
C2 detected

In the past when I have tested both drives with CDEX, I have received stronger results with the Plexwriter Premium 2. But that utility does not seam to be working for me anymore.

[Clegane]

Re: Pioneer BDR-206MBK

The cachex results follow:

C:\cachex>cachex -i -c -n 10 e:

CacheExplorer 0.8 - spath@cdfreaks.com

Drive on E is PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM2 1.03

[+] Buffer size: 8192 kB, read cache is enabled
[+] Supported read commands: BEh D8h
[+] Testing cache line size:
227 kB / 99 sectors
436 kB / 190 sectors
68 kB / 30 sectors
1171 kB / 510 sectors
1171 kB / 510 sectors
1171 kB / 510 sectors
592 kB / 258 sectors
94 kB / 41 sectors
1171 kB / 510 sectors
1171 kB / 510 sectors

C:\cachex>cachex -i -c -n 10 D:

CacheExplorer 0.8 - spath@cdfreaks.com

Drive on D is TEAC DV-W5000E 1.0H

[+] Buffer size: 2000 kB, read cache is enabled
[+] Supported read commands: BEh
[+] Testing cache line size:
135 kB / 59 sectors
144 kB / 63 sectors
11 kB / 5 sectors
57 kB / 25 sectors
153 kB / 67 sectors
13 kB / 6 sectors
126 kB / 55 sectors
142 kB / 62 sectors
36 kB / 16 sectors
144 kB / 63 sectors

I want to see how the Pioneer BDXL stacks up against those two.