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[DAPpower]

Thicker grade I can buy into, a $20k power cord made from the tears of a unicorn… less so

20k???? Yes I agree

 

[Sonywalkmanuser]

20k???? Yes I agree

How about getting your own dedicated power pole line from the utility company?


For those interested, article on the 2015 Sony audiophile microsd:
https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/series/dal/691795.html

 

[Peekayoh]

LOL. It's all chinese to me!

 

[pietro77]

I’m feel so lucky that I don’t hear (or believe) deference in sound quality between microsd cards On other hand I found it sketchy when someone hear deference between cards and call iem burn in scam, which a lot of people hear/believe.

 

[Stouthart]

I’m feel so lucky that I don’t hear (or believe) deference in sound quality between microsd cards On other hand I found it sketchy when someone hear deference between cards and call iem burn in scam, which a lot of people hear/believe.

Just for the fun of it, I've been software-tweaking streaming devices for 4-5 years now. And as weird as it may sound to some, many things have an audible impact. Simple disabling disk read/write statistics (iostats) can be heard. My - educated - guess: electrical noise has a far reaching effect. So I am not surprised - actually I was initially - that some SD cards sound different/better than others.

 

[vanhalen26]

Some people genuinely believe the card has an impact. I’ve read it in other threads in the past as well.

 

[DAPpower]

You guys are giving Effect Audio more product ideas!!!



But seriously though, you all got me intrigued with all this audiophile SD card talk.

 

[vanhalen26]

You guys are giving Effect Audio more product ideas!!!



But seriously though, you all got me intrigued with all this audiophile SD card talk.

I can’t see how it would make any difference, but that’s just speculation on my part. The card loads the data into the app and the app plays it. Why would the brand of card make any difference in this process. Isn’t it a bunch of 1’s and 0’s that get sent to the app? I would think It’s the player and app decoding what’s on the card, I can’t see how the card makes any difference, at least as long as it can keep up with the needs of the DX340.

This isn’t like an analogue recording where your device (tape, vinyl, reel, film, or whatever) is directly playing what’s on the source without converting from digital. I know CDs can get scratches but I think this is different. I’m not aware of data losses from memory cards within a music track being a thing. Admittedly I’m speculating, it’s not a thing I’ve researched.

 

[Zadboii]

I can’t see how it would make any difference, but that’s just speculation on my part. The card loads the data into the app and the app plays it. Why would the brand of card make any difference in this process. Isn’t it a bunch of 1’s and 0’s that get sent to the app? I would think It’s the player and app decoding what’s on the card, I can’t see how the card makes any difference, at least as long as it can keep up with the needs of the DX340.

Exactly, i had my fair share of testing out different mediums of storage from cheap microsd, to the expensive ones, im currently using the extreme pro 2tb in my dx340. I played flac files from hdd to ssd’s and i hear no difference with the sound quality, i even went far enough to consider the md5 sum to validate the file i copied from my pc to my storages is exactly the same. End of the day, ill trust my own ears.

 

[Paul - iBasso]

For those who have experienced any high volume white noise, was the DX340 on battery power or was it on a charger?

Please email me at paul@ibasso.com.

 

[Whitigir]

I can’t see how it would make any difference, but that’s just speculation on my part. The card loads the data into the app and the app plays it. Why would the brand of card make any difference in this process. Isn’t it a bunch of 1’s and 0’s that get sent to the app? I would think It’s the player and app decoding what’s on the card, I can’t see how the card makes any difference, at least as long as it can keep up with the needs of the DX340.

This isn’t like an analogue recording where your device (tape, vinyl, reel, film, or whatever) is directly playing what’s on the source without converting from digital. I know CDs can get scratches but I think this is different. I’m not aware of data losses from memory cards within a music track being a thing. Admittedly I’m speculating, it’s not a thing I’ve researched.

Take a look at some of these facts just for fun





More technical papers into flash and it technologies

Read here

Do remember it thought, vibrations, floor noises, voltage noises, all of them are "errors" in digital world. On top of that, for time synchronized informations, time smears, jitters, are also another form of error

They are more important than you think.

 

[Sonywalkmanuser]

I can’t see how it would make any difference, but that’s just speculation on my part. The card loads the data into the app and the app plays it. Why would the brand of card make any difference in this process. Isn’t it a bunch of 1’s and 0’s that get sent to the app? I would think It’s the player and app decoding what’s on the card, I can’t see how the card makes any difference, at least as long as it can keep up with the needs of the DX340.

This isn’t like an analogue recording where your device (tape, vinyl, reel, film, or whatever) is directly playing what’s on the source without converting from digital. I know CDs can get scratches but I think this is different. I’m not aware of data losses from memory cards within a music track being a thing. Admittedly I’m speculating, it’s not a thing I’ve researched.

That’s because you only have a superficial top layer understanding of how digital works.

At the heart of every smart electronic device lies a piezoelectric tuning fork that controls the timing of the device. This clock oscillation relies on mechanical vibration driven by voltage applied to a quartz crystal. The accuracy of this clock is very dependent on the design by the manufacturer and require a lot of work to get it down to the highest precision. And this clock is extremely sensitive to changes in temperature and other interferences like EMI. For a dap which require to play a format like DSD accurately, it require digital samples to be outputted millions of times per second with super stringent consistency thus this clock needs to be super accurate.


https://www.ndk.com/en/products/info/ocxo.html


Also on the outside, it may seem like microsd cards, ssd are just simple pieces of black microchips, in reality they are extremely complicated internally and relies on quantum mechanics to work:

 

[robsonj]

Again, buying a more expensive card isn’t gonna eliminate that. If you truely believe the sd card causes sonic differences, copy the music you are currently listening to, to the internal storage first

 

[Whitigir]

Again, buying a more expensive card isn’t gonna eliminate that. If you truely believe the sd card causes sonic differences, copy the music you are currently listening to, to the internal storage first

No one saying buying more expensive card is going to eliminate that. There are just differences between cards. Most obvious are between 2 categories: Consumers or Industrials, and coincidentally, industrials are more expensive due to better reliabilities.

Among industrials, 3 that stand out the most is Edge, Micron, Swissbit. With Edge being the most musical, Micron being more neutral...ect...

But if you cant tell the differences, why bother ? Why even debate anyways ? Be happy and stay with the cheapest cards. No one will criticize you at all.

But if you want to know how it is possible that MicroSD can effect performances, people are posting up scientific evidences just for that. Ultimately, you do whatever you want and fit your needs.

All of this reminds me a saying between car enthusiasts. Why bother with more expensive cars ? They just get you point A to point B, and I am happy with my Prius Speed Limit is still the same regardless

 

[holsen]

And everyone will buy what their budget & expectation affords & leads them to...