[Luvdac]

You're crazy.

I'll take that as a complement. I guess me and a whole bunch of audiophiles as well as some Sony engineers!

 

[Luvdac]

  I had not noticed a difference between microsd cards, most sound the same to me. I cannot compare to a OTG drive, because I do not have any compatible. 
 
I wonder if the sony microsd really makes a difference?
 
I also wonder why microsd would have any noise? I mean, it is supposed to be silent considering the internals used, and the simple-ness of circuits. 

Its a first for me too, noticing a difference. No idea about the sony card and beats me why micro sd's or any sd's would have any noise at all. But from my experience with the x5 II, they seem to.

 

[Luvdac]

ps. i'm glad I provoked some humor on this otherwise quite sedate thread!
 
Look, if they do throw us in a padded cell will they let me keep my x5 II? 

 

[H20Fidelity]

  ps. i'm glad I provoked some humor on this otherwise quite sedate thread!
 
Look, if they do throw us in a padded cell will they let me keep my x5 II? 

 
My friend (member) @lee730 has heard differences between micro sd cards, we speak about this sometimes. I personally have thought to hear a difference switching between one players internal and external memory. 
 
You're not so crazy and its open minds that find adventure.

 

[Luvdac]

   
My friend (member) @lee730 has heard differences between micro sd cards, we speak about this sometimes. I personally have thought to hear a difference switching between one players internal and external memory. 
 
You're not so crazy and its open minds that find adventure.

Like someone said, It's the normal people we need to worry about

 
Since we are on this rarified topic, do you know of some cards/brands that are better (lower noise) than others? The adventure of having to pop for that expensive Sony is giving me the financial shakes....

 

[H20Fidelity]

  Like someone said, It's the normal people we need to worry about

 
Since we are on this rarified topic, do you know of some cards/brands that are better (lower noise) than others? The adventure of having to pop for that expensive Sony is giving me the financial shakes....

 
As my last post on the subject - I can tell you the member Lee above was personally hearing differences between higher capacity 64gb cards and lower-capacity 32gb cards. Maybe you want to start there.
 
Goodluck, crazy person! 

 

 

[T.R.A.N.C.E.]

  Like someone said, It's the normal people we need to worry about

Since we are on this rarified topic, do you know of some cards/brands that are better (lower noise) than others? The adventure of having to pop for that expensive Sony is giving me the financial shakes....

 
Unfortunately what I found was the main culprit is the higher the capacity the card, the worse it gets, so 8>16>32>64....  Not as important, but also found the high speed models of each brand a bit better: Lexar 633x, Sandisk Extreme Pro, Toshiba Exceria.
 
But probably best to just tell yourself your hearing things and use whatever sd card like everyone else lol.

 

[Uncle E1]

same brand, same class, the 32gb will sound better than the 64gb by experience and yes the sony premium sound microsd do make a difference too!  all by  experience and not hearsay.

 

[Dobrescu George]

  same brand, same class, the 32gb will sound better than the 64gb by experience and yes the sony premium sound microsd do make a difference too!  all by  experience and not hearsay.

While the sony might be great, it does use mercury inside, so... I would rather use any other brand, even if it is with noise,

 

[PinkyPowers]

While the sony might be great, it does use mercury inside, so... I would rather use any other brand, even if it is with noise,

Why? You're not supposed to eat them.

 

[Dobrescu George]

Why? You're not supposed to eat them.

I would try to keep myself as far as possible from mercury. In the case it breaks or leaks from wear. Mercury is toxic the most if yuu breathe it. 
 
But for a dedicated audiphile, I think that it might be worth the trade. 

 

[KLJTech]

Why? You're not supposed to eat them.

 
Oh great, NOW you tell me...they're good with Dip. 

 

[T.R.A.N.C.E.]

Apparently many fish you can buy at the supermarket have unhealthy levels of mercury, I would be more worried about that. Also many 'health supplements' like protein powders have been tested to have arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury, YIKES, as if mercury alone isn't bad enough. I'd rather the sd card have mercury than my food.

 

[good sound]

 

Why? You're not supposed to eat them.

 
Oh great, NOW you tell me...they're good with Dip. 

Mmmmmmmmm,Mercury, drool drool.

 
Mercury is nasty stuff, but I would think that the minuscule amount used in a memory card, even if thousands of them were sold, would have no more than a negligible effect on the environment.

 

[Baysick831]

I have had my x5ii for about four days now and have noticed a few issues. One the lag between the track skip and the next track starting is about one to two seconds. The lag between track skip and the next track album art appearing is about four to five seconds. The interface is something I am not at all used to but is something I am willing to work with for the sound. The headphone out worked fine for about Thirty minutes on a two hour drive then cut out so then I so switch to line out and use my car stereo volume which was fine. I powered the unit off then on and tried the headphone jack and I could hear a very faint sound (the track playback) so I took out the headphone line (iem M-duo) and reconnected it. The sound was not there until I hit the back button a few times to get back to the main screen from the current track screen. Once the sound came back it was horribly distorted. like I had the volume and bass all the way up but the gain was low and the eq was set to off. Volume was set to 70. I have to put it at >50 to keep it from distorting. The iems were brand new and this was my first time testing them so I tried the same set up with my ath-m50x and had the same result. Using the x5ii set to line out it works great with headphones or car stereo. It has a transparent sound and keeps the track true to its original recording. The tracks I tested were in flac and mp3 format. I am convinced that either my dap is faulty or I have missed something in the settings. I will do a reset on the device then try again. The lag in the UI has to be fixed as well. For the price of the x5ii I can tolerate an UI such as this but not the lag in transitions. Not for $350. That's something i could understand in a $20 unit but not something rocking this kind of hardware. If anyone has any suggestions for me to try to fix the issue I would appreciate the gesture very much. Is there a specific folder layout to adhere to to keep the system from lagging while trying to find my music or album art?