Sandisk Ultra 64 a good bet to order while awaiting X5?
I've ordred the Fiio from Amazon UK/AV Shop as they have an earlier date than EA Audio, who are awaiting a 2nd delivery in about 10 days.
Anyone else ordered through AV Shop (never heard of them) via Amazon UK?
Hi Andrew, I would be a little wary with the Sandisk Ultra 64. I have just bought two of them from Amazon UK. First thing is to make sure you get them supplied by Amazon and not a Marketplace re-seller.
A tip I read was to click the Amazon link for it to be supplied in frustration free packaging. Have a look at the one star reviews for this product on Amazon and you will see there are a lot of fakes being supplied
by Marketplace resellers and some have even refused refunds on the grounds that the product has been opened.
I have tested my cards with H2testw and it shows the cards as genuine, but the read/write speeds are very disappointing for a class 10 card. (Fiio recommend using at least a class 6 card for the X5)
I also bought a 32gb Samsung card for firmware updates, which has much better read/write speeds.
I have loaded one of the Sandisk cards ready for when my X5 arrives from EA Audio and if it doesn't perform properly, I will return it to Amazon in exchange for a reputable brand.
My test results are shown below:-
Sandisk 64gb CARD 1
Warning: Only 60798 of 60889 MByte tested.
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 7.94 MByte/s
Reading speed: 18.0 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Formatted NTFS
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Sandisk 64gb CARD 2
Warning: Only 60798 of 60889 MByte tested.
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 7.30 MByte/s
Reading speed: 17.6 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Formatted NTFS
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Samsung Micro SD 32gb card
Warning: Only 29935 of 29972 MByte tested.
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 13.0 MByte/s
Reading speed: 18.0 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Format FAT32
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