HI Boondi.Welcome to the forum!Thanks for your input!It is helpful.I wasn't very thorough with my details in the post.I took for granted his Playstation was modded.
I didn't mention doing the chip on his own because the solder points are different, for different models of the Playstation.Bad soldering,too much heat, etc.can screw up your console.I don't want to be responsible for that.Doing it yourself is the cheapest method.Your site link is very informative.
Psx settings for Clone cd are read subchannel from audio and data tracks.Write settings are,do not correct subchannel data,always close last session.That takes care of unprotected and Libcrypt psx(taken from Clone cd site).