48x CD/DVD drive only ripping at 10x?

[Xero Xenith]

This is my optical drive, which advertises CD reading speeds of 48x. However I've been using Sound Juicer to rip some tasty Dream Theater CDs - it peaked at 10.5x, averaging slightly less.

Why is this? If it advertises speeds of 48x surely it should be able to supply them?

(I'm running Karmic 64-bit, ripping to a hard drive that can copy 700MB of data to itself in less than 20 seconds, while a CD rip takes over 5 minutes. I have 4GB of RAM, and Sound Juicer takes up at most 2% of my CPU. My specs seem fine - any help or ideas at all would be hugely appreciated! )

[Xero Xenith]

bump

[Xero Xenith]

double-bump could it be that the CD doesn't support the higher speeds, even though it's a pressed disc from a major label...?

[Xero Xenith]

moar bumpage!

[Rayve]

I'm not positive - but does the CD you are using accept 48x? Some CDs will only allow to be written at slower speeds.

Here is a post someone did comparing the Samsung to another drive, you can see where CD/DVD brands and capabilities make a big difference: http://club.myce.com/f107/pioneer-21...g-223f-252827/

[Xero Xenith]

Thanks for the reply!

I'm not sure of the capabilities of the CD - it's just an audio CD. I'm not writing anything to a CD-R or anything, just ripping the audio CD.