Gonna finally rip the rest of my CD collection, so I'm looking for a drive that (1) rips quickly, and (2) supports the most useful EAC features for getting accurate rips at a decent speed. Suggestions?
well first off, keep in mind that quality of rips and speed do NOT go hand in hand. You can get a crappy ass ripper that will rip your entire CD in 5 minutes, or you can let EAC rip it the correct way, and encode to LAME or whatever you want in about 30 to 45 mins. Its a speed/quality ratio. Just keep that in mind. When using secure mode in EAC, its not speedy, but is the best and only way to go if you want tru 100% accurate rips. about drives, any good brand name drive such as Plextor, Pioneer, Sony, TDK, and LiteOn with recent firmware will work just fine. Just don't use a cheap ass one you can buy online for $30...remember you get what you pay for. check the link in my sig to our guide on how to properly configure and use EAC...good luck!
Thanks! Yep, I was just curious as to whether there were drives that ripped faster than others in EAC secure mode. I have a fast dual-core CPU, so the encoding part goes very quickly. I just assumed that some drives work better with EAC than others, and have better feature support. (Such as C2 error correction, etc.) I currently have a Pioneer and the crappy Plextor that's actually a relabeled Lite-On.
I use my lite-on just for burning CDs, then I use my Pioneer DVDROM drive (DVD-106) I believe for ripping, and I've had no problems with it. As long as you have a good drive you will have decent results. I don't think different brands of drives will have a major impact on speed however. Just one of those things you have to be patient with for good results. have fun...
