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| Posted by | Dennis |
| Posted on | 25/08/02 13:44 |
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We're almost done with our Yamaha CRW-F1 review and we'll, as always, conclude with our 'special discs' tests. These include an overburning test and a test to see if the latest Yamaha drive can write 8cm CD-R's. We'll of course also test if the drive can read 99 minute discs. First off, the overburning test:
Overburning:
We used DataTrack 99min/900MB CD-R's for our tests that were certified up to 40X writing. We used Nero CD Speed to do an overburn test. We set the 'Test capacity' to 99 minutes and started the test. You can see the achieved results below:
As you can see from the screenshot Nero CD Speed reports that the Yamaha CRW-F1 can fully overburn to 99 minutes. Next we did a 'real' burn process we actually found that the Yamaha could only overburn to around 98 minutes. Else we would get a 'Track following error'. We then tried to read another overburned disc and the Yamaha CRW-F1 would also read it to 98 minutes as you can see in the screenshot below:
8cm CD-R Tests:
To conclude our Yamaha CRW-F1 review we tried to write 8cm CD-R's manufactured by Plasmon. The discs can hold a maximum of 23min/200MB and were certified up to 12x writing. Here's the ATIP information of the disc:
- ATIP: 97m 27s 19f
- Disc Manufacturer: Plasmon Data Systems, Ltd.
- Reflective layer: Dye (Short strategy; e.g. Phthalocyanine)
- Media type: CD-Recordable
- Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. unknown
- Nominal Capacity: 201.86MB (23m 00s 00f / LBA: 103350)
We set-up up Nero Burning Rom to burn a compilation of about 200MB and started the write process. The disc was written without any problems at a slow 8X. We of course did a final test with Nero CD Speed to verify if the disc was written correctly:
As you can see from the screenshot the 8cm disc is read without any problems at full speed.
That concludes our Yamaha CRW-F1 review! Let's go to our final words and conclusions.
Media Compatibility
:4Anyfinally more than a 2MB buffer on a fast drive.
How exactly does the TDK/Lite-on 48x24x48 drive compare to this Yamaha drive??? Most importantly, is the TDK/Lite-on drive able to copy all copy protections without the 'amplify week sectors" option of clone-cd??? I would love to se a review of the TDK drive with exactly the same benchmarks and comparisons… I am going to buy the TDK or this Yamaha… Pleas help me, and the rest of us make up our minds!
Thanks,
KGB_22
but nvm ... here we go again o'.'o
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I have made even a recording on single speed using the Yamaha, because i could not believe its dissappointment but with no better result.
I naturally first ripped the audio with plextool's 1.15 new DAE extraction, because it's better than EAC's and made recordings on Platinum's 700 MB CD-r's
on 50 piece spindle costing only 35 Euro cents a piece.
The Plextor's recording were very little bit lighter in sound-quality, but just as musical like the originals, but the Yamaha's were very much different in comparison with the original cd's and lacked musicality giving you that kind of specific digital sound.
Used Cd sources were, Badi Assad's "Rhythms" and Chessky's demonstration cd and Mariah Carey's "Butterfly".
So for the enthousiats among audiofreaks consider this comment as serious.
All the other qualities of cd-burning of the Yamaha is perfect according the tests on this site.
Great review site.
My compliments.
Highend_freak.
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