Sony DRU-510AK
Sony gear usually has a solid design perspective if nothing else, and the DRU-510AK is no exception. Of note is the DRU-510AK's removable front faceplate. The standard drive ships with an attractive silver and beige faceplate fitted and also a spare all black face plate that the user can fit if that better suits their PC casing.
The software bundle is quite good with the main workhouse Sonic's RecordNow DX. RecordNow features the ubiquitous wizard upon startup to simplify the whole CD/DVD creation process and it is certainly not daunting with just three buttons for copying, data or music disc creation. Selecting the music disc option spawns another three buttons for the various music options but the next step is identical to the Copy or Data options and simply involves the insertion of the media, selection of the files, and burning the data to the media. The main interface sans the Wizard is still relatively easy to use and is reasonably powerful in terms of feature set.
The Sony's media handling is much the same as the Pioneer, with DVD-RAM being the only media that the DRU-510AK cannot handle. Sony was the trailblazer in this regard being the first vendor to produce a DVD - and + capable writer.
CD-ROM read speeds were exceptionally good; the Sony was the fastest drive in this test. The Sony was also the fastest burning CD-R and DVD+RW media, and while not the fastest in the other tests was nevertheless never far behind the fastest units in every capacity.
Sony DRU-510AK
Company: Sony Australia
Price: AU$399
Phone: 1300 137 669
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