This is in response to Paul Issacs' posting of the new
Approved Media list for the MixPre series he mentioned here:
https://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=190161.msg2316669#msg2316669I had not seen that there is a MixPre approved media list now. It is good to see that SD is testing more cards, and I'm sure all of the MixPre owners here will hope that list will continue to grow.
What the SD list is missing is specific model numbers. This is important information to have, which you will find on approved media lists from audio recording manufacturers (see lists from Tascam and Zoom, for example). The MixPre list has general product names, but those can be applied to different production lines sold in different markets, or revised manufacturing runs that may perform differently.
SanDisk in particular is known for having different model number cards on the market that have the exact same "headline" marketing info on the label. I did some searching, and I
think the SanDisk card on the MixPre list is SDSDXVE-032G-GNCIN, but can I be sure of that? When I am buying an "approved" card, I want it to be the
exact model which was tested. Without that information, customers may be rolling the dice a bit. Some users here have been burnt in the past by this.