Toshiba TS-H652D Review

CD TESTS1 - CAPABILITIES

CD-ROM READ

For our first test we tested the drives ability to handle pressed CD-ROMs.

As you can see from above, the drive managed an average speed of 37.62 using CAV. Towards the end of the CD it managed 49.94x, with good low cpu usage.

CD-R READ

The Toshiba didn't have too much trouble reading our CD-R test media. The drive averaged a data reading speed of 31.44 and like most drives it couldnt read recorded CDs as well as pressed CD-ROMs - a fair performance.

CD-RW DATA READ

We next tested a CDRW disk - the drive had no problems with it averaging 31.49 speed, a good performance. There isn't much difference between the two drives.

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 accurate stream and averaged 28.51 x speed - it peaked at 37.83 speed (toward the end of the disk). The LG GSA H12N is a fair bit faster in this test.

CD-R ADVANCED DAE QUALITY

Next we used CDSpeeds advanced DAE test. The drive managed an average speed of 29.32 and it's quality was 100 (perfect).

The TS-H652D is capable of reading CD-TEXT and reading subchannel data but can not read data from the leadin and lead-out areas. As shown above, the drive is very good for on the fly reading and managed the full x16 speed.

CD-R 99Min READING

99min media was no problem for this drive, the Toshiba read it without difficulty and averaged 33.72 speed.

C2 ERROR REPORTING

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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