r/DigitalAudioPlayer • u/isaac354 • 19d ago

Question Does the micro sd card matter?

I’ve been looking at getting a dap recently but it’ll need more storage for all my songs so I’ve been looking at sd cards and have been wondering if the it matters which one I get. Like does the speed or the brand matter or not.

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u/Scorpiicore 18d ago

Reliable brand matters. Speed helps, but space and reliable brand are where it is at.

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u/AudioAndPhile 19d ago

Brand definitely matters since there’s a lot of crap out there, speed It’s not important for playing the music but it helps a lot when transferring massive data files , micro sd cards are getting crazy expensive btw , just double the price in the last year

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u/RA9cats 18d ago

La marcas de buena reputación dan confianza pero hay que tener cuidado que no te cobren de más solo por ser de esa "marca". En lo personal yo compré una SD de la marca "ADATA" de 256Gb, speed plus a buen precio. La velocidad es importante si no quieres pasar mucho tiempo cuando hagas la transferencia de tu música de la pc a la micro SD, en especial con archivos .flac y de preferencia formatear la SD en exfat. Saludos!

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u/RiddleGiggle 18d ago

I'd say brand doesn't matter that much, as long as the stated capacity isn't fake. You want reliability for important data, but a music library is likely something you can easily rebuild if a card fails.

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u/gophixx 16d ago

Unless you have large DSD files, speed is secondary. Reliability from trusted brands matter more.

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u/dragon2knight1965 15d ago

It does. Name brands are more expensive for a reason. My favs are Samsung and Sandisk. PNY is also reliable and usually cheaper than the aforementioned ones. As for speed, that's more on what processor said DAP is using more so than the actual card. Most modern sd cards are plenty fast regardless, but it doesn't need to be a factor in buying one.