mcsnare wrote on Mon, 24 January 2011 20:31 |
Plextor sells a new drive that works with an updated version of Plextools. I can't remember the model off the top of my head, but I use it everyday. Dave |
lowland wrote on Tue, 25 January 2011 02:30 |
I have two new Premium 2s (one in an unopened box) here, hopefully that'll tide me over to whatever the next suitable drive or way of doing things turns out to be - my current working P2 is doing fine at the moment after 3+ years. |
bblackwood wrote on Tue, 25 January 2011 13:06 |
As the demand for discs drops every year, these will likely last me until I retire... |
bblackwood wrote on Tue, 25 January 2011 07:06 |
Yah, I bought a half-dozen Plex Premiums four or five years ago and stored them away. As the demand for discs drops every year, these will likely last me until I retire... |
lowland wrote on Tue, 25 January 2011 03:30 |
I have two new Premium 2s (one in an unopened box) here, hopefully that'll tide me over to whatever the next suitable drive or way of doing things turns out to be - my current working P2 is doing fine at the moment after 3+ years. |
OTR-jkl wrote on Tue, 25 January 2011 07:47 |
As I'm just getting into Win7, I'm wondering if PlexTools will work in that OS (Pro 64). Anybody know...? |
dave-G wrote on Tue, 25 January 2011 14:08 | ||
Same here. I've got a pair of NIB Premium 2s, a Premium 2 in service for burning, and one of the USB enclosed ones that lives in VMWare Fusion for Plextools. Just bought another of those from the esaitech site as a backup for that, but given the growing proportion of masters delivered as DDP and changing demands, I think even this small pile may last me until Brad retires. |
TotalSonic wrote on Tue, 25 January 2011 19:17 |
Dave - Where did you purchase your Premium 2's from? |
dave-G wrote on Tue, 25 January 2011 19:21 | ||
Plextor USA had some back in 2006 ... I bought my bunch directly from them. -Dave |
OTR-jkl wrote on Tue, 25 January 2011 23:47 |
As I'm just getting into Win7, I'm wondering if PlexTools will work in that OS (Pro 64). Anybody know...? |
TotalSonic wrote on Mon, 24 January 2011 20:55 | ||
There were the Premium 2's - but I haven't seen these available outside of European and Asian sellers - and apparently they are very difficult to source even from these at this point. There were some of the older (now discontinued) 7xx series combo drives that were also part of the "Premium" line and compatible with Plextools' "Q-check" BLER testing (I use two 760's daily here in fact). But afaik all the recent Plextor drives are rebranded drives (mainly from LiteOn) that use the new "Plexutilities" software - that from what I've seen has proven in tests to not be anywhere as near as accurate as Plextools in terms of BLER checks. (I'm glad if folks can point to their own or other tests that run contrary to this info though.) SO - is the drive you are using running Plexutilities? Or is there something else out now that I wasn't aware of? Do you mind checking what the model # is? Best regards, Steve Berson |
mcsnare wrote on Fri, 11 February 2011 13:17 | ||||
Steve, I'm using a PX-880SA with PlexUtilities v 1.3 Seems to work fine for checking errors. Dave |
Table Of Tone wrote on Mon, 14 February 2011 08:43 |
Although I stocked up on 700 and premium series Plextors a few years ago, I also recently bought a new PX880 just to checkout the newer Plexutilities. I found that the new software was not picking up the errors that Plextools was. I also found that burns on my new PX880 came out looking really bad on C1's, when checked on a 700 series and Plextools. Maybe my 880 is just a bad one? |
mcsnare wrote on Wed, 16 February 2011 15:45 |
Or maybe Plextools was picking up more errors than was really there? Just sayin'. |
Jerry Tubb wrote on Wed, 16 February 2011 21:31 |
on a related topic my supplies of TY discs keep creeping down in quality, still within spec, but not super low errors like 5years ago. |
Rick Sutton wrote on Wed, 16 February 2011 23:50 | ||
Seeing the same here. |
Table Of Tone wrote on Mon, 14 February 2011 13:43 |
I found that the new software was not picking up the errors that Plextools was. |
Darius van H wrote on Thu, 17 February 2011 15:53 |
Anyway, surely the first thing that happens to an audio CD master when it gets to the factory is it's ripped into some kind of computer system, so actually as long as the data is 100% ok, we're good to go, right? |
pmx wrote on Thu, 17 February 2011 21:24 |
i bought three premium 2's after hearing the stories about them not being available anymore in the usa. about 90% is ddp here, so i don't use them that much but i'm glad i did get 'm. i did a lot of burning tests with a PX-830UF and it gave very good results. |
Darius van H wrote on Thu, 17 February 2011 22:53 |
Anyway, surely the first thing that happens to an audio CD master when it gets to the factory is it's ripped into some kind of computer system (to a DDP image?), so actually, as long as the data is 100% identical, we're good to go, right? Or does the plant try to exactly reproduce the pits as they are on the audio CD master they receive from us? |