CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2012

[Ian Mills]

Re: CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2012

I won't buy a Matshita drive, personally. Reason: They cannot read raw and full subcodes (they give just Q subcode, once processed and corrected). That aspect defeats my personal project. However, if you aren't interested in that, they are an excellent choice, and can detect indexes, MCN and ISRC.

LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S: Mediatek based, reports C2 errors, can read raw and full subcodes, very accurate according to this thread and can overread into lead-in/out according to Nero CD Speed DAE Test (according to my experience, a drive which can overread in CD Speed DAE Test, can overread in dBpoweramp too).

There is a little cons: Lite-On drives caches lost of audio data (my LH-20A1P caches 666 KB), and re-reads will be very slow, because dBpoweramp will have to defeat cache rereading additional data. But, you own only CDs in good (or medianly good) shape, re-reads will be a rare thing, because any decent drive can read slightly scratched CDs in a go, without reporting C2 errors.

Forgive me, i am new to this really. I see the UJ-85J is the "best" in the list but you say that its not quite right. I am unsure as to the terminology you use as to why its not ideal. I have found one of these drives for sale and i think i can use an adapter to make it work in my desktop machine. Is this the best option ? thanks

[LuckyLuciano]

Re: CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2012

Many drives in the list seem to be rather old. Is there a list of drives currently manufactured that score good results in the accuracy list?

[gsim]

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Hello
I use dbpoweramp and a Plextor PX-L890UE drive for ripping. This drive is not listed in the Accuracy List. What is the meaning when not listed? Didn't anybody use this drive for Accurate Rip or do she list above only show the most used drives? If so, is there a chance to see the very complete list?

Thank you for a answer
Guenter

[Jayess]

Re: CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2012

Jayess,

I second your statement/observations. I have two P;lextor drives and one that came with my DELL computer. Sometimes the Plextor drives will not work when the one in the DELL will work. I have had discs that rip "secure" one minutw and "accurate" the next minute in the same drive with the Internet working. I have even had disxs that will not ripp without inaccuracies in the batch ripper that will rip in the CD ripper.

I sure wish I could get around these apparent inconsistencies.

Regards,
Tom

The stuff you see makes you scratch your head. I'm ripping a cd right now that my usb hp 560s slim drive says has 9 bad frames on the first track. It ripped them and reported x, ar, secure. I re-ripped it using my full-height 1270 hp, liteon drive and it gave a green crc reading that indicates it matched what the previous drive did, but it marked the track as insecure. I've noticed recently, and don't know if it's a 14.3 change, but the 1270t full size drive has been able to rip frames on some discs and then mark them as accurate tracks. I also sometimes try re-ripping discs that only have a few bad frames and after several attempts somehow get lucky and get an accurate reading.

[pablogm123]

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PX-130 drives are cheap, at least in Europe.

And I prefer, no doubts, the SOHR-5238S rather than any Renesas LG based drive. These SATA drives exposes problem when the user want to enable C2 pointers.

[S0nic]

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plextor cost too much for me so i will buy LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S and Sony Optiarc AD-7200S , maybe GH24NS/LS70 or Ls90 is better solution the LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S hmm ?

[pablogm123]

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It is a good combination. A Mediatek based drive which can overread, and a NEC based drive. I own a AD-7240S, and this drive sometimes can rip certain discs, which other drives cannot rip flawlessly.

However, a better solution could be a ALi chipset based drive. For example, Plextor PX-130 and PX-230. I own a PX-130, actually a BenQ drive rebadged, and it is veeery fast and precise. This drive sucks for ripping mixed mode CD (cannot read the pregap which separate data and audio zones), but for ripping pure audio discs is impressive.

[S0nic]

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pablogm123 listen i need a rom to rip only my audio collection and i wish to do that good it's not importnat how fast he do that i that LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S good i will buy him and Sony Optiarc AD-7200S do you have better solution?

[pablogm123]

Re: CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2012

I won't buy a Matshita drive, personally. Reason: They cannot read raw and full subcodes (they give just Q subcode, once processed and corrected). That aspect defeats my personal project. However, if you aren't interested in that, they are an excellent choice, and can detect indexes, MCN and ISRC.

LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S: Mediatek based, reports C2 errors, can read raw and full subcodes, very accurate according to this thread and can overread into lead-in/out according to Nero CD Speed DAE Test (according to my experience, a drive which can overread in CD Speed DAE Test, can overread in dBpoweramp too).

There is a little cons: Lite-On drives caches lost of audio data (my LH-20A1P caches 666 KB), and re-reads will be very slow, because dBpoweramp will have to defeat cache rereading additional data. But, you own only CDs in good (or medianly good) shape, re-reads will be a rare thing, because any decent drive can read slightly scratched CDs in a go, without reporting C2 errors.

[S0nic]

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hay , i wish HQ rip music , my ol 4-5 years LG's ROM's have two when rip CD's with dbpoweramp make lot's of errors

i see MATSHITA - DVD-R UJ-85J is best for ripping music , i wish to buy best audio ripper is this MATSHITA - DVD-R UJ-85J that good? and first time see slim rom , can he go normal on my PC case used WIN7 sistem i think no, so can you tell me what is best dvd or cd rom for ripping cd audio from original cd's for PC with normal price not hight like plextor - maybe LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S ?

i have SOHR-5238S01C for 15$ is it that?

[Tom Swaman]

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Jayess,

I second your statement/observations. I have two P;lextor drives and one that came with my DELL computer. Sometimes the Plextor drives will not work when the one in the DELL will work. I have had discs that rip "secure" one minutw and "accurate" the next minute in the same drive with the Internet working. I have even had disxs that will not ripp without inaccuracies in the batch ripper that will rip in the CD ripper.

I sure wish I could get around these apparent inconsistencies.

Regards,
Tom

[Jayess]

Re: CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2012

Drives are fickle. I just ripped Alison Moyet's Hoodoo album. The HP 560s notebook drive couldn't rip the first track in secure mode, but I put the disc in the notebook's DVD RAM UJ897 drive and it ripped it with no problem. I have noticed the HP 560s drive does sometimes have problems in the very first or last track, especially if the disc had a lot of songs and the content runs all the way to the outer edge.

Bottom line: before you write a disc off you need to try ripping it in multiple drives if you have them available.

[Jayess]

Re: CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2012

After a long research I have dropped into this thread :-)
I see that the top performer this year is a slim drive.... I wonder: how much it will be reliable? Usually this kind of drives will last very little, particularly on heavy duty tasks.

As I will be using my notebook as the main machine for ripping hundreds audio cds in my library, I was wondering if it may be worth it to use such a drive, or buy an old fashioned half height ide one, connected with a USB to ide adapter, with additional external power supply.

What do you think? Go for the slim top performer or stay on a traditional, robust, half height drive such as the Plextor or the LiteOn?

I've got two full height HP 1270i drives and an HP notebook USB drive, the 560s. The notebook 560s drive is far more accurate than the full size drives. My HP notebook also has an internal drive and it to is more accurate than the full size drives. I believe Lite-On makes the drives for HP.

I guess this can be explained by the laser being closer to the discs?

As far as durability I've ripped will over a thousand CD's with the notebook USB drive.

[LuckyLuciano]

Re: CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2012

After a long research I have dropped into this thread :-)
I see that the top performer this year is a slim drive.... I wonder: how much it will be reliable? Usually this kind of drives will last very little, particularly on heavy duty tasks.

As I will be using my notebook as the main machine for ripping hundreds audio cds in my library, I was wondering if it may be worth it to use such a drive, or buy an old fashioned half height ide one, connected with a USB to ide adapter, with additional external power supply.

What do you think? Go for the slim top performer or stay on a traditional, robust, half height drive such as the Plextor or the LiteOn?

[probedb]

Re: CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2012

How are we supposed to find these drives? For example, Sony drives I've had are actually OptiArc and Samsung are TSSTcorp sometimes. Plus the model numbers on websites are not those that are listed here.

I already posted a thread for recommendations because for actual purchasing this list isn't very useful :( Seem to have very little reply either.