SD Cards & Headphones

[vadsamoht]

Unfortunately for more of the latter than the former, though.

 

[marktuson]

I used to do a lot of sound editing with my friends Grados and because of that even Sennheisers now seem lo-fi.

I remember a story my cousin told me from when he was in a band. When they mixed their music, they'd find the crappiest speakers they could that still worked well to play it on, and worked it until it sounded pretty good on those speakers, because if it sounds good on a pair of crappy speakers, it'll sound awesome on a pair of good speakers; it doesn't necessarily work the other way (if you make it sound awesome on good speakers, it can still end up crappy on crappy speakers).

I've always said something similar about musical instruments. I play the ukulele, and I learned on a crap little thing I got for about £40. Once I got good on that instrument, I got my hands on a real instrument, a vintage, 1927 Gibson UB-2 - it cost £800 about four years ago, they're going for nearly twice that now. And I've got a '27 Ludwig Wendell Hall as well; those instruments can't be bettered. But if anyone asks me about it, I'll still tell them to buy the cheapest one they can find and get as good as they can, because crap instruments force you to learn good habits.

 

[lancesg1]

Dumb? But a PSP charger works to charge this. Sweet

 

[vadsamoht]

Dumb? But a PSP charger works to charge this. Sweet

Yes, but it's advisable to make sure it is a genuine one, otherwise you could damage your unit if there is a fault.

 

[Nintendo]

If I buy a 64GB SDXC card from Amazon will it definitely work on Pandora?

 

[vadsamoht]

If I buy a 64GB SDXC card from Amazon will it definitely work on Pandora?

Short answer: no. You'd best stick with something from a well-known brand, and no higher than Class 6, which should work. Even then there's no *guarantee*, though.

 

[Nintendo]

Ok, thanks for your realistic opinion. Appreciate it.

 

[Link]

Ok, thanks for your realistic opinion. Appreciate it.

Aren't Amazon and Ebay the places to NOT by SD cards?

 

[Prometheus]

Aren't Amazon and Ebay the places to NOT by SD cards?

Amazon is a trustworthy retailer, but you often can't tell what you might get with third-parties on *any* site.


I'm not going to say that all third-party sellers on Amazon and similar online retail sites are untrustworthy, as a great many are in fact honest businesses. However, much like the way that fakes plague eBay completely, occasionally they also do pop up with third-party sellers elsewhere.

 

[levi]

Depends if you mean Amazon or Marketplace, I'd guess.


Edit: ninja'd by a more comprehensive answer

 

[lancesg1]

I bout to class 10 32gb cards from newegg. Will those be ok?

 

[lancesg1]

Dumb? But a PSP charger works to charge this. Sweet

Yes, but it's advisable to make sure it is a genuine one, otherwise you could damage your unit if there is a fault.

I have 2 Sony PSP chargers from 1001 psps. Had one PSP stolen from me now I have a use for that other charger. Thanks for the info

 

[neko]

If I buy a 64GB SDXC card from Amazon will it definitely work on Pandora?

Short answer: no. You'd best stick with something from a well-known brand, and no higher than Class 6, which should work. Even then there's no *guarantee*, though.

The Sandisk class 4 cards are reported to work well.

 

[neko]

I bout to class 10 32gb cards from newegg. Will those be ok?

Class 10 cards do work in the pandora, and will work at the rated speed (10 MB/sec).


The risk that you take with the high-speed cards is that some of them draw a lot of power, and are more likely to glitch under heavy load if the voltage isn't completely stable. Whether this will be a problem depends on the card, and many other factors.

 

[lancesg1]

I bout to class 10 32gb cards from newegg. Will those be ok?

Class 10 cards do work in the pandora, and will work at the rated speed (10 MB/sec).


The risk that you take with the high-speed cards is that some of them draw a lot of power, and are more likely to glitch under heavy load if the voltage isn't completely stable. Whether this will be a problem depends on the card, and many other factors.

So has anyone had proubs with the class 10 cards?

 

[vadsamoht]

So has anyone had proubs with the class 10 cards?

Some people have, yes. In general, you don't want anything higher than a Class 6, because the Pandora cannot make use of the the extra speed anyway, and always stick to a reputable brand.

 

[Link]

^


Too lazy to research this hypothesis, do you have a link. Zombie Jesus hangover from hell.

 

[vadsamoht]

I think this is the one.

 

[Link]

That's one card, i've been using Class X with no issues. I don't think its fair to make the assumptions you are by this thread alone.

 

[vadsamoht]

There's another thread that I can't find atm that goes into the issue in a lot more detail. If you read the whole thread, there are numerous references to other cards that do/do not work.


But yes, there are *some* class 10 SD cards that are known to work, however when someone asks about what cards to buy it's a lot easier just to say <= Class 6, which should not only be cheaper, but more likely to work.


EDIT: I still can't find the thread itself (prolly on the GP32x forums), so for now I'll settle for this quote from Prometheus:

Also worth noting is that a few of us have run into issues with file-corruption with faster cards (Class 6 and Class 10, generally), for some reason. If my memory serves me correctly, the consensus on this is that this is likely to be an issue with the Pandora's SD driver - it's just something to be aware of. I don't believe that anyone using a Class 4 (or below) card has reported this issue, or if they have, I've missed it.

Also, here is why more than Class 6 is excessive.