I would like to know which pc-mag has written that....your burner is NOT safedisc-2 compatible, 'cause of the missing "correct EFM encoding of regular bit patterns" (check at CloneCD home page), BUT if you download the last CloneCD version, you will be able to have perfect safedisc-2 protected games, 'cause of an option (amplify weak sectors) that will allow you to have perfect backups.
Hope that this can help.

Robaerus