It's the lack of moving parts that allows a flash card to achieve a higher speed.
bruce -- Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 NIV Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Sat, 20 May 2006, Gary Wood wrote: > 150x is a very high speed, when you compare it with 48x speeds that CD's > operate at! But I'm wondering, since there are no moving parts with flash > memory, how do the cards achieve such high speeds? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:14 AM > Subject: Re: compact flash cards > > >> Dear Joe: >> >> Price of storage cards is dedtermined by where you buy them but also by >> the >> speed at which they operate and but they extra features they provide. Not >> all cards give their "x" reading but some operate at a speed as high as >> 150x. >> >> To check prices you might want to go to >> >> www.pricegrabber.com >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joe Bollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "pc -audio" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 3:12 PM >> Subject: compact flash cards >> >> >>> hi friends, i am now the proud possessor of the edirol r-1, it's a >>> fantastic >>> piece of equipment, and the internal microphones are simply amazing, i do >>> a >>> lot of high quality audio workand therefore need a high quality blind >>> friendly recorder, and this baby meets all my needs, just one question, >>> the >>> flash card that comes with the recorder is not big enough for what i >>> need, >>> so i went out and bought a compact one gig flash card, but it cost me an >>> arm >>> and a leg, [and it's bad enough being blind without getting another >>> disability] seriously, a friend of mine called me tonight telling me that >>> i >>> could purchase one gig flash cards on the net for half the price i payed >>> for mine in my local computer store, the two flash cards she mentioned >>> were >>> "ora" and "scan disk" can anyone advise me as to whether or not these >>> two >>> cards are any good?? it states in the manual that the edirol r-1 can cope >>> with a four gigabyte flash card, but it recommends using a two gig card, >>> finally, if anyone on the list is thinking about purchasing the edirol >>> r-1, >>> i say, go for it, it's the best recorder i have come across yet, sorry >>> for >>> going on so long, it's just my irish prattle, thanks, any advice most >>> welcome, regards from ireland, joe. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/344 - Release Date: 19/05/2006 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >>> offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >> offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
