seanwee
Headphoneus Supremus
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You're welcome. Your mileage may vary though depending on your source. But on my DX160 there was no discernable difference between the sandisk Ultra, Extreme or Extreme Pro.Thanks. This is actually what I've searched for because I have to choose between 1 Terabyte Integral, Sandisk Extreme and Extreme Pro. Now I see why the Extreme Pro is like 200 bucks more expensive. lol.
I remember Sony wanted to release a audiophile SD Card for "premium sound": https://www.whathifi.com/news/sony-claims-high-end-sd-card-offers-premium-sound
The explanation how this works basicly is what we are talking about here.
Logically speaking there shouldn't be any differences anyway since audio files are never directly read from the SD card, its buffered in the ram of your source then passed through the DAC. And then the DAC has its own noise filtering built in.
Also regardless of how good the Sony audiophile SD card claims to be, theres no way its price is justified. You may as well buy a better source at that price.
Edit: It was brought up sometime in the Sony thread that mSD power draw may also be an alternate way it could potentially affect the sound quality since the whole device shares power planes.
That could explain why manufacturers like iBasso are switching to dual battery systems that have independent batteries for the mainboard and DAC/Amp section.
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