Music reading performance:
We still start with the same two programs:

This shot shows the Mitsumi reading a pressed music disc.

And this shot shows the Lite-On reading a pressed music disc.
And now some CD-R music disc tests, we used the CD-Speed advanced Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) test disc for these tests.

And here is a shot showing the Mitsumi reading a CD-R music disc.

And a shot that shows the Lite-On’s performance with the CD-R music disc.
Transfer speed:

Mitsumi reading a pressed music disc.

Lite-On reading the same pressed CD-R disc.
Quick summary so far: Take a look and you’ll notice that the Mitsumi is a hair faster, but now the Lite-On gives the best seek times.
Nero CD-Speed advanced DAE test:

The Mitsumi gives perfect results.

The Lite-On also gives perfect results, although a bit slower.
And then we tried to rip 25 music tracks from a pressed disc, the total length of the CD was 77 minutes and 58 seconds. The program we used was Exact Audio Copy version 0.9 beta 2.
Detected features:

The Mitsumi, doesn’t support C2 error information unfortunately.

TheLite-On supports everything.
Setting | Mitsumi CR-4809TE | Lite-On LTR-24102B |
Secure mode | Average 6,4X | Average 5,7X |
Burst mode | Average 28,2X | Average 25,7X |
Music reading performance summary:
While the Lite-On holds the best seek times this time, the Mitsumi is a bit faster.
The difference in seek times is not big this time so that’s why we give the Mitsumi the thumb up for being the fastest reader at music.