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LG GSA-H12N Review
CD-ROM READ TESTS
CD-ROM READ
Our first CD speed test was to test
the drives ability to
handle pressed
CD-ROMs.
As you can see from above, the drive
managed an average speed of 36.49 using
CAV. Towards the end of the CD it
managed 42.58x.
CD-R READ
Even though the
LG drive slowed down towards the
end of the disk, its overall average
speed was still faster than the Toshiba
drives.
The average
CD-R recordable data reading speed
was 35.23 using
CAV.
CD-RW DATA READ
Manufacturer : Verbatim
Code : 97m34s24f
Disc Type : UltraSpeed CD-RW
Usage : General
Recording Layer : Phase Change
Recording Speed : 24 X
Capacity : 79:59.74
703 MB
Here we find the
LG handles our CDRW disk
pretty well - it averaged 31.10
speed and reaches 41.37 towards the
end of the disk.
CD-ROM
AUDIO READ
For this test we used a pressed AUDIO-CD and examined the drive's
ability to read audio.
The drive performs well in this
test with a perfect 10 score and
an average 31.07x speed.
CD-R ADVANCED DAE QUALITY
The drive managed
an average speed of 29.07 and
it's quality was 100 (perfect). The
GSA-H12N is capable of reading CD-TEXT and
reading subchannel data and it also
managed to read data from the leadin
but not the lead-out area. As shown
above, the drive is good for feeding
a burner at only 12 speed on the
fly.
CD-R 99Min READING
Our 99min CDR disk was no problem
for both drives and here
the LG was much faster than the Toshiba
drive at reading it.
C2
ERROR REPORTING
Next we examined the ability of
the drive to accurately extract audio
information. This is aided by something
called C2 error information which
is on a CD. If your drive can report
C2 information then it will be faster
and more accurate at ripping audio.
We used Exact Audio Copy 0.95
b5's "Detect Read Features" option
to examine what the drive could do:
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