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| Posted by | Dennis |
| Posted on | 25/08/02 13:44 |
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First things first as we check out the contents of the Yamaha CRW-F1 drive. In the box Yamaha send to us we find the following things:
- The Yamaha CRW-F1 drive itself
- Owner's manual (four languages)
- Software guide (four languages)
- IDE 40-pins flatcable
- Audio cables
- Mounting screws
- Yamaha CRW-F1 software disc
containing;
- Ahead's Nero Burning Rom
- Ahead's InCD
- One blank 44X 700MB Yamaha CD-R
(manufactured by Verbatim*) - One blank 24X 650MB Yamaha CD-RW
(manufactured by Mitsubishi*)
As always a nice and complete package as we see it. Nero Burning Rom is included with the CRW-F1 drive as we also saw with the Yamaha CRW3200E model. For people that are unfamiliar with Nero Burning Rom, Yamaha has included a small manual on how to get started, covering the most basic actions (burning a data CD, an audio CD and how to use the extra features such as 'DiscT@2' and 'Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording').
Installation:
Installation was quick and easy as with most IDE drives. We set the drive's jumper to master and hooked it up to the onboard secondary IDE controller. We then booted the pc and the drive was recognized and ready to be used. UDMA was automatically enabled in Windows XP and set to UDMA Mode 2 (UDMA33). When experiencing problems in Windows XP with the Yamaha drive you can read online how to enable DMA properly.
The Drive:
As you see from the picture above this Yamaha CRW-F1 drive looks just like the previous models. The drive is very white and has the same purple or blue LED (depending on the state the drive is in) as we also found on the CRW3200E drive for instance. Besides the LED we find the Yamaha logo and the 'High Speed CD ReWriteable' logo. We of course can also find the usual headphone jack, a volume control and an eject-button.
One the back of the drive we find the usual IDE and power connectors, the MASTER/SLAVE jumpers and the SPDIF (analog/digital) output connectors.
The Software:
The software delivered with the Yamaha drive does not include anything special. We can find Ahead's Nero Burning Rom and InCD on the Yamaha CRW-F1 software disc. Many people will know these softwares and they really don't need an introduction anymore.
Nero Burning Rom is a complete software package for your mastering needs. It can handle many types of disc formats and even supports writing DVD discs. Besides that the latest Nero Burning Rom version supports the Yamaha CRW-F1's special features such as 'DiscT@2', 'Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording' and 'CD-RW Audio Edit Mode' which we'll get back to later on in this review.
InCD is Ahead's packet writing software to use with your CD-ReWriteable discs. With this software you can format a CD-RW disc and use it as a large floppy disc. InCD now also supports the 'Mount Rainier' (CD-MRW) format which we'll also get back to later on in this review when we test the Yamaha CRW-F1's CD-MRW performance.
On the next page we'll take a look at the features the Yamaha CRW-F1...
Introduction
: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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