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**DrageMester** · 26-03-2006

Very nice and thorough review!

There's one thing I have always wondered about these reviews; you test the CD-DA ripping capability for protected Audio CDs in EAC, but which extraction mode (Secure, Paranoid, Fast, Burst) and speed is used?

I'm guessing it's Fast or Burst mode at no faster than 24x, since I cannot rip correctly from Cactus Data Shield protected CDs with my NEC 4551 using Secure mode, and I cannot reliably do it in Fast or Burst mode faster than 24x (this may depend on the specific CD of course).

26-03-2006	#2 (permalink)
DrageMester Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 14,363	Re: CDFreaks presents: NEC ND-4551A review Very nice and thorough review! There's one thing I have always wondered about these reviews; you test the CD-DA ripping capability for protected Audio CDs in EAC, but which extraction mode (Secure, Paranoid, Fast, Burst) and speed is used? I'm guessing it's Fast or Burst mode at no faster than 24x, since I cannot rip correctly from Cactus Data Shield protected CDs with my NEC 4551 using Secure mode, and I cannot reliably do it in Fast or Burst mode faster than 24x (this may depend on the specific CD of course). __________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.