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Originally Posted by Driven  ...we assume that all these drives are built equally well.
I believe you get what you pay for. |
You are right but ... it is difficult to figure out, given the grey market price variations. More than that, we assume that the smaller devices are not faked, or that we always get A-grade stuff.
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Originally Posted by gopalnayak I think the HU is supply >5V to the pen drive instead of the standard 5V output supply on the USB port. I have seen this issue with one of the DVD players and I guess it is the same issue with this HU as well. |
Almost all devices are tolerant till 5.5V. 5.75V reduces life; with 6V and you are waiting for the flash. But, accurate measurement is difficult, given the connector geometry.
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Originally Posted by gopalnayak ...data rates associated with the Readyboost cache would be much higher than streaming audio. |
Data rates of pen-drives are not an issue with Audio, not even with Video - even USB 1.0 is fast enough. My Toshiba laptop of Y2K vintage plays AVI files flawlessly from a 2002 vintage 256MB pendrive.
With most HUs, 'streaming audio' would be a wrong term to use - mp3 is read as a file, like on a PC.
With a stream, one cannot do FF/Rev at the receiving end - one has to do it at source. For example, network radio and BT streaming.