Popular Post sligolad Posted February 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2019 The best value you will get for an SLC card is here and various US sites on Ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-M2MD6-8GB-SD-Card-R720-SC8000/283348922030?hash=item41f8e96eae:g:wIYAAOSwuwlcRzBn https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Dell-M2MD6-Compellent-SC8000-8GB-SLC-SD-Flash-Card/302681130297?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 These are reclaimed but worth it for an improved sound with SD Card playback. Hard to come by but great value for money. Needs some work once received to merge and reformat to a single partition. If you do commit to SD Card playback then going i2s out from a simple SD card player into the Lampizator will astonish you compared to the best you can do with USB with all the bells and whistles. I have given up on USB in after discovering SD Card playback. My Big7 will be retired after discovering what a €700 micro sd player can do direct to Pre amp. The QLS361 line out with slc card out performs my Big7. Doak, Monge and odelay 1 1 1 Audio PC - Gigabyte H97M-D3H, i7 at 800Mhz, RAM at 800Mhz & PPA OCXO Mobo, Teradak ATX Linear for 20 pin ATX on Mobo, Paul Hynes SR7EHD 12v, 5v & 5v supply on Mobo, Stammheim 12x LT3045's for 1.3v to RAM direct supply, JCat V2 USB Card, WTFPlay Linux Audiophile Player control by MELE F10, Startech LEX to REX on 12v Paul Hynes with 2x SLC cards and out by POE to ISO/Regen, PPA Red USB Cable, Lampizator Big7, Nige design Lifepo4 powered amp, Raidho C1s. Link to comment
Popular Post sligolad Posted February 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2019 13 hours ago, Norton said: What’s different about these cards? They don’t seem particularly cheap compared to new SDXC etc, so I must be missing something to do with the SLC designation? If you google SLC v MLC you will find a lot of good information on why SLC costs more than normal MLC SD cards. My read is that a lot more processing and electrical activity takes place getting data off an MLC card and I think many of us have discovered that less is more when it comes to reading digital files in preparation for and during playback. In the journey to best sound I have found that the following are super important: fast clean power (super-caps at end stage) good clocks with re-clocking just before DAC (not ultra cost clocks but good and potato chip at end of I2s) Minimum bit processing of digital audio files (stripped back control software, wav only single tread real time operation) Storage medium with least data processing activity to deliver digital files (SD SLC card) I am no electrical engineer and my conclusions are defined by a long journey of listening tests so YMMV. I also spent a lot of money and time on USB out and while it has significantly improved with lots of add ons in recent years, after hearing SD playback done at less than one tenth the cost it became my go to for lights out being there listening. Doak, Monge and odelay 1 2 Audio PC - Gigabyte H97M-D3H, i7 at 800Mhz, RAM at 800Mhz & PPA OCXO Mobo, Teradak ATX Linear for 20 pin ATX on Mobo, Paul Hynes SR7EHD 12v, 5v & 5v supply on Mobo, Stammheim 12x LT3045's for 1.3v to RAM direct supply, JCat V2 USB Card, WTFPlay Linux Audiophile Player control by MELE F10, Startech LEX to REX on 12v Paul Hynes with 2x SLC cards and out by POE to ISO/Regen, PPA Red USB Cable, Lampizator Big7, Nige design Lifepo4 powered amp, Raidho C1s. Link to comment
Popular Post sligolad Posted February 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2019 43 minutes ago, Monge said: The qls361 need to be charged so my question above is irrelevant I think. Look here https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/qls-qa361.23551/reviews Good review for the QA361 and fits with my findings. Pity they did not try an SLC card with the WAV firmware and line out which to me was the hidden treasure of this unit. Needs at least 2 days of continuous play and then it sounds amazing. Doak, odelay, Monge and 1 other 1 3 Audio PC - Gigabyte H97M-D3H, i7 at 800Mhz, RAM at 800Mhz & PPA OCXO Mobo, Teradak ATX Linear for 20 pin ATX on Mobo, Paul Hynes SR7EHD 12v, 5v & 5v supply on Mobo, Stammheim 12x LT3045's for 1.3v to RAM direct supply, JCat V2 USB Card, WTFPlay Linux Audiophile Player control by MELE F10, Startech LEX to REX on 12v Paul Hynes with 2x SLC cards and out by POE to ISO/Regen, PPA Red USB Cable, Lampizator Big7, Nige design Lifepo4 powered amp, Raidho C1s. Link to comment
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