[Wiz33]

  Just ordered my NW-A35 in red. Can't wait! Should be here by the end of the week. I got this player almost strictly for LDAC, pairing it with my new MDR-1000x. I heard this combo at CanJam and was blown away.
 
Anyone have experience with this DAP, or other Sony DAPs with LDAC? Worth it?

 
Yes and no. It depends a lot on your source material. You probably won't notice that big a difference (although there is a slight improvement) from 16bit m4a/FLAC but you'll have noticeable difference on anything 24/48 and higher with or without LDAC. I mostly use mine with my XBA-A3/N3 attached to the MUC-M2BT1 and there's practically no difference between wired and wireless playback.

 

[ElcomeSoft]

Knowing Sony, they probably put some sort of tag on the MicroSD so formatting it should fix your problem.

The 64gb MicroSDXC from my X1 didn't even mount on the A35 so I couldn't format it through the A35 itself.

Oddly enough the 2gb MicroSD I use on my Sony Z5 Premium phone worked and mounted right up.

Could be something Sony or the A35 doesn't like MicroSDXC.

Time to throw my 64gb MicroSDXC into my phone and see what flies.

 

[davidcotton]

The 64gb MicroSDXC from my X1 didn't even mount on the A35 so I couldn't format it through the A35 itself.

Oddly enough the 2gb MicroSD I use on my Sony Z5 Premium phone worked and mounted right up.

Could be something Sony or the A35 doesn't like MicroSDXC.

Time to throw my 64gb MicroSDXC into my phone and see what flies.

I've had a 128 gig microsd and a 200 gig one in mine, no problems whatsover.

 

[Wiz33]

  Used a 32GB SD and a 200Gb SDXC and they both worked.

 

[moorashj]

Hello all,
How does this compare to the nw-a17? Thanks.

 

[Gosod]

    Used a 32GB SD and a 200Gb SDXC and they both worked.

So it will also work with a 256 GB?

 

[Wiz33]

  So it will also work with a 256 GB?

 
Yes, many are using 256GB

 

[Gosod]

   
Yes, many are using 256GB

how much memory the player sees from 200 GB? we know that he can't determine "exactly" 200 GB.

 

[davidcotton]

  how much memory the player sees from 200 GB? we know that he can't determine "exactly" 200 GB.

Well from a 200 gig card it says "183.28 gb".

 

[ElcomeSoft]

[COLOR=111111]So it will also work with a 256 GB?[/COLOR]

If I read Sony's site correctly it'll take anything up to 2tb.

 

[Stereodude]

  Well from a 200 gig card it says "183.28 gb".

 
Which is not a 200GB card.  For some reason most of the "200GB" cards are actually 196GB (using their base 10 math).  I have no idea why it seems no one has noticed.  I should send Sandisk a nice e-mail asking where my missing 4GB are.

 

[suman134]

   
Which is not a 200GB card.  For some reason most of the "200GB" cards are actually 196GB (using their base 10 math).  I have no idea why it seems no one has noticed.  I should send Sandisk a nice e-mail asking where my missing 4GB are.

 Unless you are dragging them to court, dont waste your effort.

 

[meringo]

   
Which is not a 200GB card.  For some reason most of the "200GB" cards are actually 196GB (using their base 10 math).  I have no idea why it seems no one has noticed.  I should send Sandisk a nice e-mail asking where my missing 4GB are.

 
Here is the scientific explanation:
http://www.diyphotography.net/memory-cards-have-less-space-advertised-here-why/
 
Basically, we are expecting a 32gb card to be 32gb in binary. Card manufacturers measure the cards using the SI system.

 

[Stereodude]

  Here is the scientific explanation:
http://www.diyphotography.net/memory-cards-have-less-space-advertised-here-why/
 
Basically, we are expecting a 32gb card to be 32gb in binary. Card manufacturers measure the cards using the SI system.

 
Thank you, but that's basically wrong.  Even by their own convoluted base 10 measurement method where a "GB" = 10^9 bytes rather than 2^30, the Sandisk "200GB" is only 196GB.  They are falsely advertising the capacity.
 
It says on the packaging 200GB*
 
The * has the disclaimer that 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes.  Actual user storage less.
 
The card has a total usable capacity of 196,798,840,832 bytes.  That's not 200GB by their definition.  A 128GB Sandisk USB 3.0 flash drive with the same disclaimer has 128,027,983,872 bytes.  A 64GB Sandisk USB 3.0 flash drive has 64,018,710,528 bytes.  A 64GB Sandisk SDXC card has 63,831,015,424 bytes.  A 32GB Sandisk SDXC card has 31,902,400,512 bytes.
 
So, other Sandisk products basically comply with their redefinition of a GB, but not the "200GB" microSDXC card.  As a percentage is much more short than any of the others on bytes.  If they were consistent it would be about 500MB short of 200GB, not 3200MB short.

 

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