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In Reply to: I've compared PlexTools to EAC Rips posted by Robert Joe on February 4, 2007 at 21:25:44:
I like dbpoweramp because most of the time it is faster than EAC. It does the first pass in burst mode and then performs an AccurateRip checksum comparison. It only retries in secure mode if the checksum fails (or the disc is not in AccurateRip). This optimistic approach is really good because it means that most of the time it's reading the disc as fast as possible. Sounds like PlexTools is doing something similar.I have ripped over 700 CDs onto my 1 terabyte NAS, and almost all of them rip with no problems at high speeds. I think the differences between the programs become meaningful for the very few discs that are difficult (because of scratched surfaces etc.)
EAC tends to never really recover from a bad read, no matter how many times it retries. The idea of dbpoweramp varying the read speed between passes is a good one. Whether it actually results in a higher probability of a successful read is open for debate.
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Plextools also slows down the drive to retry. One day when I was ripping using PlexTools and getting retries on some tracks, I decided after that rip to re-rip that CD at 8x and discovered Plextools did not have to undergo retires. The checksums were different between the two rips. Since I save all my log files, I went to the 10 or so CDs that had to undergo retries and re-ripped then at 8x. In all cases no retries were required at 8x. My procedure now, is if Plextools has to retry, I cancel out and re-rip at a fixed 8x. Make me feel better to have a clean log file :)
Good to hear Plextools is doing a good job - I just got an external Plextor Drive PX-755UF and use plextools to do the rips. However, so far the logs have not recorded a single error after 150 CDs (I guess my CD are in pristine shape). I did notice a slowdown to 8 CLV on longer running Discs.
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I noticed that when dbpoweramp encounters an error, the first thing it does is slow the drive speed down to 8x. Sounds like it knows what it is doing.
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I use Maxell CD-Rpro gold. These are made by Taiyo Yuden which are considered one of the best manufacturers. I burn at 4x. The burnt CDs sound better than the original.
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