Fastest EAC Ripper

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Excelsius

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I do A LOT of CD ripping, sometimes for than 20 a day. I'm looking for a CD-R ripper that is very fast with EAC's max error correction. It must also have great C2 correction quality because I'm obssesed with bit-perfect lossless ripping. Can you recommend such a drive?
I would like to preferably also have lightscribe and quality dvd+rw, dual layer writing. if it is not possible to have all in one drive, then you can recommend me two of them.

For now, it seems BENQ Dw1655 is the best for DVDs. But I'm not sure how fast it is with EAC. LiteOne SHM-165H6S sucks big time with EAC. Doesn't rip any faste than ~3X.
 
Becuase I don't just rip the entire CDs. I have to listen to the tracks and decide what to rip. Even then, I have to modifiy the file names which are very long (classical music). But I guess I could start another CD while one is getting ripped.
I know about that website. There are too many choices. That's the reason I came here so that one of you pros can recommend me something great.
 
Excelsius said:
Becuase I don't just rip the entire CDs. I have to listen to the tracks and decide what to rip. Even then, I have to modifiy the file names which are very long (classical music). But I guess I could start another CD while one is getting ripped.
I know about that website. There are too many choices. That's the reason I came here so that one of you pros can recommend me something great.
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Secure mode or Burst? Burst is a problem if you have scratched CDs.

Try the Aopen AAP/1648 Pro DVDROM or an older Lite-On 166 or Toshiba 1712 DVDROM.
 
I don't know. I have never heard of those drives. Anyone else have ANY suggestions? I don't get it guys - don't you use Exact Audio Copy to know about something like this? I am surprised by the lack of response.
 
Excelsius said:
I don't know. I have never heard of those drives. Anyone else have ANY suggestions? I don't get it guys - don't you use Exact Audio Copy to know about something like this? I am surprised by the lack of response.
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Well, that's what I'm asking you.. you seem to want speed over all else. I recommended some drives, how about checking them out?

Do some reading : http://club.cdfreaks.com , http://cdrlabs.com
 
I have done a lot of reading. I am posting in 4 different audio forums. I think I will be going to Benq 1655W. What do you think? I know it's great for DVDs, as for EAC, I realize that since for me the most important thing is quality, EAC is not going to let the rips be faster than about 8X. So as long as the rip has comparable speed and good C2 error correction, I should be good to go. Do you have any bad info about Benq 1655w? It seems to fit the bill. It supports caching, but EAC can go around it anyway.
 
The only "bad" thing about the BenQ is that when ordering from Newegg, I got two of them about 2 month apart.

One OEM comes with Retail firmware (excellent because upgrading is a breeeze with BenQ utilities). the 2nd one came with OEM firmware. I had to cross-flash it to a Retail firmware before the BenQ utilities would upgrade the firmware.

I guess if you want the least hassle, grab the "Retail" version over the OEM offering. If you wait for a sale ,you can find them within $5 (shipping included).

However, if crossflashing doesnt bother you, save the cash and grab the OEM version.

This is strictly a YMMV sorta thing, like I said, I got 2 OEM versions and one had retail and one had OEM firmware.

I havent tried an EAC rip with my BenQ's but as luck would have it, I brought a 1650 into work with me.
 
well as much as I hate to admit, I dont think the BenQ 165x series is for you. It doesnt support. c2 error correction.
 
You are right, it doesn't have a complete C2 error detection. After a lot of reading I decided to get Benq 1655 for DVDs (it is the best) and plextor PX-230A for CDs, which is the best for CDs. Problem solved, or so I hope.
 
Ahh well, there we go. Problem solved. I was going to suggest a Plexi (given the standards you requested) but wanted to see if the BenQ was a contender. The Liteon I got for $20 has c2 error correction, but only a 3x rip speed.
 
Sorry to bump a 2 month old thread, but I was wondering what the recent opinions were on the best ripping drive to use for EAC. I've been scouring around, looking at the clubcdfreaks forums and stuff and it appears the ones that get lots of mention are the BenQ and LG GSA-4167B. I'm having a tough time finding the LG and the BenQ appears to have a drawback with cache if I remember correctly (can't search clubcdfreaks at work).

Anyway, I was wondering if there is a more recent drive that has proven to be a good EAC ripper. Currently I have a NEC ND2500A and it doesn't seem to rip as well as my old Pioneer slot loader that recently died on me. I get more sync errors off of discs than I would like. I have a shuttle pc that pretty much serves as only a ripping machine to host my music, so I only have room for one drive.

I'd like the drive to be a DVD burner as well, but I can work around that if it isn't.

Thanks folks.

oh, I found a LG GSA-4166B, does anyone know if that will rip as good as the 4167B?
Sorry for the questions, I just never really did much research into my optical drives before.
 
Not completely sure about absolute best, but The BenQ DW1655 and similiar series is a really great overall drive for ripping all types of media as well as burning.
 
dchrsf said:
Not completely sure about absolute best, but The BenQ DW1655 and similiar series is a really great overall drive for ripping all types of media as well as burning.
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For this particular application, no it is not. The BenQ 165x series does NOT support c2 error correction for his EAC rips.

I'll second the BenQ for its overall quality, and I've pimped them quite some time since I became a convert, but in this particular case, its not what the OP needs.
 
Well, I have had my BenQ 1655 for a month or so and it is FAR better than my NEC 3540A. I read that although it does not DISPLAY the errors found, it still corrects them. Just take a look at this other very helpful thread (which has links to yet another thread): http://www.digital-inn.de/exact-audio-copy-english/32727-best-optical-drive-eac.html

Currently, I think BenQ coupled with LiteOn (if slower rip speed doesn't bother you OR if you can disable SmartX) is the best choice.
 
As long as they stick with Phillips chipsets, I'll be a convert for a long time....
 
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