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Good source of SD cards

Started by gadget-evilusions, March 27, 2011, 10:20:35 AM

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gadget-evilusions

Does anyone have a good source for SD cards with rated good transfer rates. I need 10 right now for Ap-16 projects. I will need many more soon. I don't want to go to best buy and buy individual cards though.
Brian
Evilusions LLC
www.evilusions.com for all your pneumatic components

JonnyMac

I get mine at Fry's Electronics.  Remember, you're playing audio and you don't want to go too cheap as that could bite you later. 
Jon McPhalen
EFX-TEK Hollywood Office

JackMan

I've had great results with these in the 1GB version. Not sure if the 1GB is still available but the 2GB should be fine.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3901635&CatId=2286

gadget-evilusions

Quote from: JonnyMac on March 27, 2011, 04:10:02 PM
I get mine at Fry's Electronics.  Remember, you're playing audio and you don't want to go too cheap as that could bite you later. 

I definitely don't want to cheap out and have it cause a problem. I just didn't want to go to best buy and only be able to buy 1 or 2 of what I need at a time.
Brian
Evilusions LLC
www.evilusions.com for all your pneumatic components

gadget-evilusions

Jon, I looked at Fry's.

They have a 40x, http://www.frys.com/product/4817470?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

and a 133x, http://www.frys.com/product/4534617?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Think I will be safe with the 40, or should I just get for the better one? I am not trying to be cheap, but when I go to buy 50 of them, 2 bucks a piece adds up.
Brian
Evilusions LLC
www.evilusions.com for all your pneumatic components

JonnyMac

I've never had any trouble with the 2G Patriots but looking at them now I see there is no class rating.  I would try to get cards rated at Class 4 (circle with 4 in it) or higher, just to be safe. 
Jon McPhalen
EFX-TEK Hollywood Office

gadget-evilusions

I picked up 6 Sandisk Class 4, 4gb, SDHC cards. With an AP-16 updated to the newest firmware, I still have to save my wav files as 22050 instead of 44100 so that they don't cut off half way thru playing. I am going to pick up some class 6 and try those next.
Brian
Evilusions LLC
www.evilusions.com for all your pneumatic components

JackMan

There seems to be a pattern of the higher capacity cards having problems. I would stick with lower capacity, even a 1 GB card has tons more space than you'll ever use for the AP-16+.

gadget-evilusions

Quote from: JackMan on March 30, 2011, 05:31:20 PM
There seems to be a pattern of the higher capacity cards having problems. I would stick with lower capacity, even a 1 GB card has tons more space than you'll ever use for the AP-16+.

I would love to , unfortunately Best Buy and Radioshack had nothing smaller than a 4. Even on amazon the lowest capacity I can find with a class 4 or higher rating is an 8gb. That's the reason I started this thread, if anyone can find small capacity cards with a fast enough transfer rate, I will buy a bunch!
Brian
Evilusions LLC
www.evilusions.com for all your pneumatic components

JackMan

Like I said, I've had great results with Ultra cards from TigerDirect. They don't have a transfer rate on them but the ones I've used work perfect and they're cheap. Maybe give one a try and see if it works well for you.