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Best drive for EAC ripping?

post #1 of 35
12/30/03 at 1:55am
Thread Starter 
Oy, search is givin me nada.

What's the best optical drive for EAC ripping?

I've heard that there was a Plextor SCSI drive that is unbeatable still.

Gonna use it fer makin Monkey's Audio files.

-Ed
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post #2 of 35
12/30/03 at 1:58am
Pioneer DVD-roms do a great job ripping audio cds. I used to have one before, and it was fast like hell, and giving high quality and fast recording at secure modes on EAC, with 100% track quality. I used to achieve 23-25x while ripping in secure modes.
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post #3 of 35
12/30/03 at 2:09am
I have a generic 56X CD-ROM in my system that gets up to 30X in secure mode at the end of CD's. I think as long as the track quality is the same, all that can be improved is the speed. Of course, if you have scratched or otherwise abused CD's, certain drives might be better at recovering the C2 error info.
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post #4 of 35
12/30/03 at 2:22am
I am using the Lite-on 48X CD-Rom with EAC, only 5x ~ 8x when using secure mode. It's a bit slow, but it's fine by me.
I heard the Plextor is a good one, and some consider the Yamaha F1 as the best audio ripper of all.
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post #5 of 35
12/30/03 at 2:41am
Thread Starter 
My Pioneer 105 DVD-R has no C2 error correction capabilities. It sux. I guess my LiteOn 52x drive will have to do.

I have an old Ultra SCSI card. I've heard that the Plextor UltraPlex PX-32TSi was really good.

-Ed
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post #6 of 35
12/30/03 at 3:47am
In my humble opinion, there are three optical drives that are real contenders:

1. Plextor PX-708A / UF DVD + / - R/RW & CD-R / RW
2. Plextor PX-W4824TU USB2 CD-R / RW
3. Plextor PlexWriter Premium

I have the first two optical drives and I use EAC 0.95 prebeta 4 with solid results. The PX-W4824TU drive delivers somewhere between 10.5X - 12.0X digital audio extraction using secure mode without the implementation of C2 error correction. The PX-708UF delivers somewhere between 12.0X - 16.0X speeds. However, the PlexWriter Premium is the best CD-R / RW drive on the market (IMHO).
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post #7 of 35
12/30/03 at 11:03am
Satisfied with the LG GDR-8161B DVD-ROM drive. Not the fastest one in secure mode (3.3-9x), but no problems so far with copy protections.

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post #8 of 35
12/31/03 at 7:32pm

The Best Rippers (IMHO):

1. Plextor UltraPlex 40TSi (SCSI CD-ROM))
2. Asus S520/A (CD-ROM)
3. Yamaha CRW-F1 (CD-RW)
4. Teac CD-W540E (CD-RW)
5. Plextor Premium (CD-RW)
6. Plextor PX-W1210TS (SCSI CD-RW)
7. Plextor PX-708A (DVDRW)
8. Sony DRU-510A (DVDRW)
9. Samsung SM-348 (CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo)
10. Plextor PX-R820Ti (SCSI CD-R)
11. Toshiba SD-M1712 (DVD-ROM)

I have owned many other drives over the years, but these are the best I have ever used. I have 2 Plextor UltraPlex 40TSi in a couple machines dedicated for ripping and 3 Asus S520/A in machines around the house (this CD-ROM is only $25 and it comes very, very close to the Plextor’s performance for 1/4 the price. When my Plextors eventually die, I will have no qualms about using the Asus as my full-time rippers.
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post #9 of 35
12/31/03 at 7:54pm
What are you guys using for "best" criteria - speed, DAE quality, ability to read copy protections...?
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post #10 of 35
12/31/03 at 8:10pm

Ripping

My number 1 criterion for ripping is accuracy. The drive must rip securely and be as accurate as possible (and not cache the audio either). The quality is the most important for me. After this is established, speed becomes my second concern. I have never had any issue with audio CD copy protections, so I haven't considered it for my criteria. The Plextor creates perfect rips @ 40X while the Asus does so @ 35X or so (the top speeds are achieved at end of the discs, of course).
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post #11 of 35
12/31/03 at 8:15pm
Only a handful of drives actually have accurate C2 error information. One such drive is the LG GCE-8400B, as well as some Lite-On and most, if not all, Plextor drives. I really don't like Lite-On though, pretty cheesy drives in my opinion.

Definitely have to concur with the Asus CD-S520 recommendation, I've got one and it's so solid. Asus and LG get my thumbs up.
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post #12 of 35
1/1/04 at 6:33am
I have TDK drives.
My older one that is only a 24x works well with EAC although my rip speeds rarely exceed 5x
What I like about it is when I set up the offset correction in EAC I came up with a value of 2, or some really low number like that.
I just can't get EAC to rip very fast in either of my machines. In fact my XP machine with the 48x TDK drive rips slower than my old machine. The 48x drive also showed low numbers for offset, but I can't remember what it was.
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post #13 of 35
1/2/04 at 11:31am
I bought a new Lite On 52327s CDRW for $38 from newegg. The thing is loud, but it rips securely (c2) and quite quickly (about 4 min for most decent cd's). It's ability to rip through scratches is also very good. It DOES cache audio, so make sure that feature is turned on in EAC so EAC will know and will force non-cached reads. Anyway, very happy with it, other than the noise at high speeds.
Ted_B
P.S Go to hydrogenaudio.org and eac's own digital-inn.de for more opinions on drives.
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post #14 of 35
1/11/04 at 9:18pm
You might find this link of interest.

http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=daeresults.php3

I have a LiteOn LTD163 and it's done decent for me.
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post #15 of 35
1/23/10 at 3:58pm
any drive that isn't broken works fine.
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