A lot of equipment is produced for audiophiols - DACs, high-quality sound cards, microphones, speakers and powerful amplifiers - all these devices allow you to enjoy listening to music. Unfortunately, at the same time, some manufacturers are trying to sell to lovers of high-quality sound something that does not affect its quality in any way. Notable examples of yesteryear include the incredible $ 10,000 Ethernet cable. Now music lovers are offered an "audiophile" SSD that can significantly improve sound quality.
The developer of this device, about which he posted information on the Audiophile Style forum, tries to be convincing. According to him, the drive was developed from the very beginning over the course of a year, and all its components were carefully calibrated. As a result:
“The device provides 3D sound, dynamics and a vinyl-like experience that no SSD can offer.” The device specification includes a Crystek SSRV-957 Femto clock generator and a pair of Audionote Kaisei 220uF capacitors. These components are widely recognized in the industry and are definitely key components in audiophile equipment. They just use them in DACs, amplifiers, sound cards and other similar devices.
5V power input? This SSD has its own version of the circular power connector. Who would have thought
What exactly is the problem?
An SSD is a storage device that stores your music files, essentially in the form of ones and zeros. During playback, the audio player extracts these files and sends them through the audio processing device your computer is equipped with. At the same time, the mentioned capacitors and the clock generator, soldered to the SSD board, cannot improve these basic ones and zeros in any way.
The only thing such an "audiophile" SSD has to offer as a sound enhancement is the data transfer rate. After all, if the processing of your music files is difficult, in particular due to bottlenecks in the software or the storage itself, then this will affect the sound quality. In this respect, this NVMe SSD definitely stands out.
The storage geometry used in it provides very high speed, at the expense of capacity. Again, there are cutting-edge SSD technologies on the market, notably Micron's 176-layer 3D NAND, which offers similar transfer speeds but has a more efficient storage implementation and is cheaper.
Generally speaking, this "audiophile NVMe SSD" is just another example of a divorce. Of course, the presence of all the components described sounds impressive, but in fact they cannot affect the listening experience in any way.
If This 'Audiophile Grade' SSD Sounds Like BS, It's Probably Because It Is
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