Flac playing slow w 16 gb sdhc

It sounds like there is something wrong with your card.  You can use H2testw to check your card for defects and bad sectors.  Or it could be that when the songs were placed on the card, the files somehow got corrupted.  You could also try formatting the card and just drag-and-drop a few FLACs onto the card and see if it still plays slow and distorted.

The fuze can handle up to 32gb cards with no problems, which is great for anyone who likes to listen to FLAC.  In this case, the more storage, the better.