Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

[S0nic]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

Heavily excessive, you will waste your time and stress your drive. A drive which features excellent C2 reporting doesn't need so much passes to detect the entire set of bad frames, the first pass + 1 ultra-secure is good enough. Even for a drive which is bad at reporting C2 errors (I mean, doesn't catch all errors in a go and need multiple passes) I would set 3/6/2.

None = 0 KB, right. And speed for readings and overread are properly set up.

i set 3/6/2 now everything is fine?

for liteon if i understand good i must do same thing only don't click on FUA?

for sony 7200s same like liteon?

[pablogm123]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

Heavily excessive, you will waste your time and stress your drive. A drive which features excellent C2 reporting doesn't need so much passes to detect the entire set of bad frames, the first pass + 1 ultra-secure is good enough. Even for a drive which is bad at reporting C2 errors (I mean, doesn't catch all errors in a go and need multiple passes) I would set 3/6/2.

None = 0 KB, right. And speed for readings and overread are properly set up.

[S0nic]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

Overread function is it good now?



I Enable Ultra Secure ripping. I increase on 4 / 24 / 8 is it enough or too much?



And change the read speed of re-reads at 24x Is it good here set drive speed at 24x ?



set the cache size as 0 KB - i do it now it's NONE is it good?

[pablogm123]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

Overread function is named Read into lead-in (pregap, actually) or lead-out.

Another suggestions: Enable Ultra Secure ripping. I use 1 / 6 / 2. You can increase (because you own drives with superb C2 reporting) the re-reads of bad frames to 500-750 (And change the read speed of re-reads at 24x). And if you check the FUA function, set the cache size as 0 KB. Re-reads, if happen, will be very fast, because of FUA to defeat easily the cache drive. Whereas the Lite-On drive cannot use FUA, and cache must be defeated by brute force, by reading large portions big enough that cache cannot store.

[S0nic]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

pablogm123 i made screen shots for you , this is setup what i made reading what you write, this is setup for plextor for liteon didn't made yet, but step by step, look is it good for plextor, em I forget something ?? :








i cant find overread function where i can find it?

[pablogm123]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

Check the options of dBpoweramp's CD Ripper. You will found the speed/overread setting on the options. The C2/FUA setting in the Secure Settings in Options menu. You have to set up the Lite-On drives as a drive which caches audio data (the 1024 KB value, by default, is fine). The Plextor drive can use FUA to defeat easily and quickly the cache, and you have set up this drive as a drive which doesn't cache audio data.

Testing if a drive can overread into lead-out is easy, using a program named IsoBuster. Insert any original music CD into your reader. IsoBuster will show the contents. Right-click onto the CD icon, and select Extract From-To. Enter to suggested Lenght into the Start Adress box, and now change the Lenght box. For example, enter 1/2. Push Start Extraction, and ignore warnings pressing Cancel when prompted. If sucess, your drive can overread into lead-out. Anyway, when you try to overread using dBpoweramp and the drive doesn't support that, he will show a warning in log.

I know that Plextor can overread into lead-out for sure, 75 sectors of lead-out. And the Lite-On drive should overread, until 6750 sectors more or less.

[S0nic]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

Reduce the read speed. The most equilibrated read speed for Mediatek based drives, from my experience, is 24x. For real Plextor drives too. And don't forget to enable the overread function for both drives (test if Lite-On drive can overread actually). Also, enable C2 pointers and, only for the Plextor drive, FUA.

Sometimes, I have seen a few of slightly damaged discs that a PX-755SA drive at 4x/8x won't rip, but at 24x will do finely.

ufff i don't know to do that all , can you please tell how to do that

ps
i find another one plextor same model will buy it

[pablogm123]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

Reduce the read speed. The most equilibrated read speed for Mediatek based drives, from my experience, is 24x. For real Plextor drives too. And don't forget to enable the overread function for both drives (test if Lite-On drive can overread actually). Also, enable C2 pointers and, only for the Plextor drive, FUA.

Sometimes, I have seen a few of slightly damaged discs that a PX-755SA drive at 4x/8x won't rip, but at 24x will do finely.

[S0nic]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

pablogm123 i just try to rip cd with liteon he rip the cd , but on problematic last song he write that rip is inaccurate and song have errors and plaxtor rip that song like accurate without error so plextor is better , i will buy online soon one more plextor same like this i wish to have two because i wish have one for reserve

[S0nic]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

pablogm123 i recive PX-W4824TU and liteon i try plextor and they rip without problem cd album who i can't rip with my two LG ROM's they are made errors

[pablogm123]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

I agree with that. In any case if (for whatever personal reason) you prefer uncompressed audio, rip to uncompressed FLAC, which stores the raw audio stream as it is into a FLAC container, with standard tagging support and error checking.

[garym]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

are you sure you want to rip to WAV. FLAC is lossless (decoded is bit identical to WAV). And FLAC has built-in error checking that the WAV does not have. And FLAC has standard tagging that can be read by any player that can play a FLAC. WAV tagging is hit or miss. If you think WAV sounds better than FLAC, you've read too many audiophile websites and magazines. This is simply not true based on plenty of rigorous tests. Google for more info and start reading hydrogenaudio.org.

[S0nic]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

It depends. If you are a casual user, that purchase is worthless. If you are a perfectionist of audio extraction (like me), is very valuable.

Perhaps, you could find the internal variant cheapier, W4824TA.

Anyway, the Lite-On drive you have adquired is excellent: Good speed, accurate, can overread using dBpoweramp, excellent C2 reporting... Why don't try this drive first, before want to buy another drive?

yeah i'm perfectionist like you )) i will buy external , because i have that LiteOn on ATA port in my PC on sata port I have Optirac 7200s (i buy it but wait to recieve him from ebay) and external this plextor )) , i think this will be good enough to rip my cd collection , i buy around 250 double cd's from ebay so i wish put that on hard in full wav audio ) will rip with dBpoweramp CD Ripper

[pablogm123]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

It depends. If you are a casual user, that purchase is worthless. If you are a perfectionist of audio extraction (like me), is very valuable.

Perhaps, you could find the internal variant cheapier, W4824TA.

Anyway, the Lite-On drive you have adquired is excellent: Good speed, accurate, can overread using dBpoweramp, excellent C2 reporting... Why don't try this drive first, before want to buy another drive?

[S0nic]

Re: Plextor PX-40 TSI / Ultraplex 40 max

pablogm123 i have PLEXTOR PX-W4824TU , 10$ but shipping cost 48$ , 58$ is it too much hmm