SONY NW-WM1Z / WM1A
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Apr 12, 2020 at 4:55 AM Post #36,121 of 45,723
Strangely too it seems to sound better........don’t laugh. :)
Can I cry instead? :)

It seems that *Useful Post Of The Month* goes to @gerelmx1986. I'll try the battery cycling on my ZX300... I never quite felt like the battery held up as well as advertised.
 
Apr 12, 2020 at 5:02 AM Post #36,122 of 45,723
As a rule of thumb I do this battery cycling exercise to all my battery powered devices including my iPhone from time to time. This should not be done regularly as it will shorten to lifespan of the battery if done all the time. A healthy practise is every 60 charges or so.
 
Apr 12, 2020 at 5:07 AM Post #36,123 of 45,723
Apr 12, 2020 at 5:51 AM Post #36,124 of 45,723
As a rule of thumb I do this battery cycling exercise to all my battery powered devices including my iPhone from time to time. This should not be done regularly as it will shorten to lifespan of the battery if done all the time. A healthy practise is every 60 charges or so.
I've learned that the hard way with a Dell laptop , the battery only lasted one year because I did this quite often, i discharged it to 0 and charged to 100% and it ended killing the battery, so do it every 60 - 100 charges or every three to six month
 
Apr 12, 2020 at 5:58 AM Post #36,125 of 45,723
Can I cry instead? :)

It seems that *Useful Post Of The Month* goes to @gerelmx1986. I'll try the battery cycling on my ZX300... I never quite felt like the battery held up as well as advertised.
There is a person who has me on his block list for supposedly making off-topic posts in the past... he is missing this useful info. @proedros ... being a thread nazi doesn't bring you to anywhere
 
Apr 12, 2020 at 6:26 AM Post #36,126 of 45,723
Can I cry instead? :)

It seems that *Useful Post Of The Month* goes to @gerelmx1986. I'll try the battery cycling on my ZX300... I never quite felt like the battery held up as well as advertised.

Well no one has ever reported the slight flickering before the screen shuts off. It’s been doing that since November of 2017. Now no? And the sound is connected to battery health. If not it’s still a great placebo pill. :)

If anything too, I learned the very first charge of these is ultimately important to do correct.
 
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Apr 12, 2020 at 8:21 AM Post #36,128 of 45,723
I’m going to do a battery reset on my WM1A. I never get close to the advertised time and I “only” have 1500 hours on mine


The advertised time is doable with direct mode and minimal screen and button use...
 
Apr 12, 2020 at 8:27 AM Post #36,129 of 45,723
The advertised time is doable with direct mode and minimal screen and button use...

I’ve never been able to get near to 30 hours even under ideal conditions (except perhaps 30 hours none stop, never tried that) but normally get over 20 hours
 
Apr 12, 2020 at 8:30 AM Post #36,130 of 45,723
The advertised time is doable with direct mode and minimal screen and button use...
Factors that affect battery life
Usage of DSP
High value for screen brightness
Fiddling too frequently with screen
Turn it on and off, specially if you have a micro SD > 256GB
Using high gain
Playing UHD files (>= 192/DSD)
using Bluetooth in either way
Having not done a battery reset after a long time
Battery may need replacement (either due to defect or by longevity)
Using USB Audio out with WMC-H10 Cable
 
Apr 12, 2020 at 8:32 AM Post #36,131 of 45,723
I’ve never been able to get near to 30 hours even under ideal conditions (except perhaps 30 hours none stop, never tried that) but normally get over 20 hours
Me too, advertised 30h is with wav or lossy compression
 
Apr 12, 2020 at 8:40 AM Post #36,132 of 45,723
gonna try the battery thing , it's been more than 100 cycles since i did a full (re)charge , see what happens

about to hit the 3500 hours mark use on balanced (and there was another 500 hours from previous owner) , still no thoughts about selling/upgrading
 
Apr 12, 2020 at 8:51 AM Post #36,133 of 45,723
Me too, advertised 30h is with wav or lossy compression

Actually 30 hours is supposed to be doable even with 24/92 flac but I get at most a little over 20 hours with 16/44 (plus 7 days stand by)

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Apr 12, 2020 at 9:07 AM Post #36,134 of 45,723
Well no one has ever reported the slight flickering before the screen shuts off. It’s been doing that since November of 2017. Now no? And the sound is connected to battery health. If not it’s still a great placebo pill. :)

If anything too, I learned the very first charge of these is ultimately important to do correct.
My unit had that issue before. Don't know what i did/ happened but its fixed now.
 
Apr 12, 2020 at 9:10 AM Post #36,135 of 45,723
My unit had that issue before. Don't know what i did/ happened but its fixed now.

Did you notice that the only time it would happen was on the lowest brightness? At brighter levels it would never happen? My 1Z did it since day one but the 1A never has.
 
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