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Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Greetings all,

I've been doing a little research on updating my current set up.  I want to purchase a new drive that works well with EAC for ripping Audio CDs.  That's it.  If I've got to spend a little bank to get a decent drive, I'm willing to do it.  I've got other drives I'll use for burning, this one will be pure extraction.

From what I understand, Plextor was the king of CD drives for these purposes, until recently.  The PX-230A is the only CDRW drive they currently sell, I was leaning towards getting one at first, but I'm starting to think it may not be the best for archiving my Audio CDs.  A lot of the stuff I've been reading identifies the PX-230A as a rebadged BenQ, so I'm thinking it would be wise to stay away.

Many people seem to be happy with the Lite-On SOHR-5239S.  Actually as far as audio extraction is concerned, I haven't heard anything bad about it.  The only thing that's keeping me from ordering one of these drives right now is the off chance I *may* be able to get my hands on a Plextor Premium.  Would that drive blow both of these out of the water?

Let me know what you guys think.

Thanks.
 

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #1 –
I have an earlier version of the 5239S, the 5237S that is now 3 years old and has ripped over 2000 discs.  It's a work horse.
"You can fight without ever winning, but never win without a fight."  Neil Peart  'Resist'

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #2 –
I had the 52327S as well. It worked very well until the drive's reading ability slowly diminished over time. I still write CDs with it, but it cannot read anything very well anymore. For the money Lite-On makes decent rippers. Some of their newer DVD-RW drives support overreading into the lead-in and lead-out.

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #4 –
Thanks for the feedback guys.  Right now I'm leaning very heavily towards the Plextor Premium.  I found this site here:

http://www.ubernet.org/?p=RecommendedDrives

I'm a novice when it comes to audio ripping, and stumbled onto this forum a few months ago.  Have either of you heard of Übernet before?  or does their hearty Plextor Premium reccomendatiion bear any weight at all?

Thanks.

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #6 –
I own a Lite-On SOHR-5238S.  I think the 5239S has the same hardware, but I don't know for sure.  The drive I have is a very fast ripper even with C2 and caching disabled.  However when there are scratches it needs to slow down for it doesn't slow much which can cause errors.  I also own a Plextor PX-W4012A which I use for most ripping, but it often doesn't like some scratches as well.  Use it when slow reading is needed, and it copies a disc fine.  Some scratches the lite-on will just blow through with no errors (EAC secure mode) that the plextor chokes on.
About Overreading, the Lite-On does not, but the read offset is only +6.  The Plextor does overread.  The last track on 99% of my rips is identical, so with such a small offset not overreading is very rarely leaving anything out.

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #7 –
I've just bought a px230 for cd ripping (I currently have a nec 2510 dvd burner)
When I receive it, I'll tell my first impressions.
WavPack 4.31 -hm

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #9 –
Quote from: Sebastian Mares on
According to an article by the German magazine c't, the Premium 2 was not really that good for audio ripping. Well, it was good, but the PX-230A was better.



Ok, really dumb question here, but if the drive is a Premium 2, it would clearly say "Premium 2" on the front right?  Is this drive fundementally different from the just plain "Plextor Premium"?

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #10 –
Quote from: Sebastian Mares on
Overread their complete offset? If yes, can you tell me an exact model which does this?

I know from a CDFreaks Review of the Lite-On SHM-165P6S that they report the drive being able to overread 6749 sectors from the lead-out and it's offset is 0 samples. I don't know what the lead-in overread ability is in sectors, but it has the ability. Link. Look under "Advanced audio – DAE quality test"

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #11 –
Quote from: The Legioneer on
Ok, really dumb question here, but if the drive is a Premium 2, it would clearly say "Premium 2" on the front right?  Is this drive fundementally different from the just plain "Plextor Premium"?


Yes, Premium and Premium 2 are two different units.


Quote from: ChangFest on
I know from a CDFreaks Review of the Lite-On SHM-165P6S that they report the drive being able to overread 6749 sectors from the lead-out and it's offset is 0 samples. I don't know what the lead-in overread ability is in sectors, but it has the ability. Link. Look under "Advanced audio – DAE quality test"


I know that CDFreaks and CDRinfo don't use test CDs that were written by a 0 samples write offset unit. The Plextor units all have 24 samples offset or something (vs. 30) according to their test, so I assume they burnt the test CD with a LITE-ON or something that has a 6 samples write offset. Therefore, when reading back with a LITE-ON that has a 6 samples read offset, the combined write / read offset is 0 samples.

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #12 –
I have a PX-230a that I bought for ripping mainly, and it has worked very well for that. I've done about 500 discs with it and there has been no problems. Also, I did some bit comparisons with tracks ripped with that drive and my old Samsung drive and they came out exactly the same, most of the time. I like the 230a. It works well with EAC. Also, with copy protected discs it is able to get all the data.

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #13 –
>A lot of the stuff I've been reading identifies the PX-230A as a rebadged BenQ, so I'm thinking it would be wise to stay away.

Iroically because it is rebadged, it is probabbly the best plextor...

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #14 –
Quote from: dreamliner77 on
I have an earlier version of the 5239S, the 5237S that is now 3 years old and has ripped over 2000 discs.  It's a work horse.

Does it cache audio data, or do you use Test & Copy, in a non-secure mode?
Quote from: grokwik on
I've just bought a px230 for cd ripping (I currently have a nec 2510 dvd burner)
When I receive it, I'll tell my first impressions.

Does the PX-230 cache audio data in EAC? Or have you been using the "-usefua" to disable the cache?

Does that Plextor specific command work, considering it is probably a rebadged drive?

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #16 –
Anyone know if he PX-230A reads into the lead in/out?

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #17 –
. . . and HTOA? (Please)

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #18 –
whats HTOA?

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #20 –
Interesting...It must be a re badge then? IIRC this would be the first Plextor drive not to do so?

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #21 –
Quote from: funkyblue on
whats HTOA?

HTOA are tracks before track 1 - so actually inside the pregap of the first track. It stands for Hidden Track One Audio. I have no idea if the PX-230A supports them, I guess it does. At least my DW1655 does. Sorry for the wrong information, I just tested and it does not. I guess the PX-230A also doesn't read HTOA.

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #22 –
now thats tricky I was going to buy a px-230 for as my main backup drive because I thought I could overread and acess offset, is there any other drive currently available in the same price range?

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #23 –
That can overread? Well, AFAIK, only Plextor units can overread and the only other CD-RW is the Premium 2 which is much more expensive. I used my PX-712A DVD burner for ripping and was quite happy until it died the second time. Plextor sent me a PX-755A as replacement now, but I cannot say anything about its ripping qualities. It does overread and it also extracts pre-01 tracks, but I have no idea about its quality when it comes to scratched or copy protected discs.

Plextor PX-230A vs. Lite-On SOHR-5239S

Reply #24 –
>The PX-230A does cache

I don't think it does (see me msg on the spath cache test tool).